Characteristics | Summary statistic |
Demographics | |
Age in months, median (IQR) | 19 (10–30) |
Age category, n/N (%) | |
2–5 months | 70/594 (11.8) |
6–11 months | 97/594 (16.3) |
12–23 months | 189/594 (31.8) |
24–59 months | 238/594 (40.1) |
Female, n/N (%) | 280/594 (47.1) |
From Vientiane Capital province, n/N (%) | 399/566 (70.5) |
Time taken to get to hospital <1 hour, n/N (%) | 461/590 (78.1) |
Lao Loum ethnicity, n/N (%) | 496/592 (83.8) |
Household characteristics | |
Travelled to hospital in private vehicle, n/N (%) | 520/583 (89.2) |
Less than two household members aged <5 years, n/N (%) | 341/590 (57.8) |
Cigarette smokers in household, n/N (%) | 206/588 (35.0) |
Biofuel used as household cooking fuel*, n/N (%) | 478/592 (80.7) |
Household drinking water piped into residence†, n/N (%) | 336/591 (56.9) |
Household income per month below the poverty line‡, n/N (%) | 19/588 (3.2) |
Mother completed primary school or above, n/N (%) | 503/585 (86.0) |
Health preventive measures | |
Ever exclusively breast fed, n/N(%) | 520/581 (89.5] |
Previous presentation for current illness, n/N (%) | 216/577 (37.4) |
All age-appropriate immunisations received, n/N (%) | 549/592 (92.7) |
Received deworming treatment in last 6 months§, n/N (%) | 329/400¶ (82.3) |
Received vitamin A in last 6 months**, n/N (%) | 329/471†† (69.9) |
*Biofuel defined as wood and charcoal; non-biofuel defined as electricity, kerosene, gas.
†Other types of drinking water included public or protected well, unprotected well, river or canal.
‡Poverty line less than 250 000 Kip.34
§If over 12 months of age.
¶Denominator is those 12 months and over only (n=427) with available data.
**If over 6 months of age.
††Denominator includes those 6 months and over only (n=524) with available data.
Lao PDR, Lao People’s Democratic Republic.