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Table 3 Medical consultation by age, gender, household consumption, habitation and dwelling altitude

From: Health-care utilization for headache disorders in Nepal: a population-based door-to-door survey

Variable

N

Overall

Specialist

n (%)

95% CI

n (%)

95% CI

Age (years)

 18–25

426

240 (56.3)

51.5–61.1

24 (5.6)

3.6–8.3

 26–35

581

346 (59.6)

55.4–63.6

54 (9.3)

7.1–12.0

 36–45

358

204 (57.0)

51.7–62.2

25 (7.0)

4.6–10.1

 46–55

258

162 (62.9)

56.6–68.7

18 (7.0)

4.2–10.8

 56–65

171

96 (56.1)

48.4–63.7

15 (8.8)

5.0–14.1

Gender

 Male

689

384 (55.7)

51.9–59.5

42 (6.1)

4.4–8.2

 Female

1105

664 (60.1)

57.1–63.0

94 (8.5)

6.9–10.3

Household consumption (USD/year)

 < 950

686

423 (61.7)

57.9–65.3

46 (6.7)

5.0–8.8

 950–1200

687

400 (58.2)

54.4–61.9

61 (8.9)

6.9–11.3

 > 1200

421

225 (53.4)

48.6–58.3

29 (6.9)

4.7–9.7

Habitation

 Urban

686

354 (51.6)

47.8–55.4

54 (7.9)

6.0–10.1

 Rural

1108

694 (62.6)

59.7–65.5

82 (7.4)

5.9–9.1

Dwelling altitude (m)

 < 1000

845

474 (56.1)

52.7–59.5

72 (8.5)

6.7–10.6

 ≥ 1000

949

574 (60.5)

57.3–63.6

64 (6.7)

5.2–8.5

  1. CI confidence interval