Research Article
Malaria and Typhoid Fever Coinfection among Febrile Patients in Ngaoundéré (Adamawa, Cameroon): A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic data of study subjects in Ngaoundéré Regional Hospital (
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| Variable | Categories | | Frequency (%) |
| Sex | Female | 120 | 57.7 | Male | 88 | 42.3 |
| Age | [0-10] | 80 | 38.5 | [10-20] | 45 | 21.6 | [20-30] | 39 | 18.8 | [30-40] | 17 | 8.2 | [40-70] | 27 | 13.0 |
| Marital status | Single | 148 | 71.2 | Married | 57 | 27.4 | Widow(er) | 3 | 1.4 |
| Education | Illiterate | 43 | 20.7 | Primary school | 103 | 49.5 | Secondary school | 42 | 20.2 | College/university | 20 | 9.6 |
| Residence | Subrural | 167 | 80.3 | Urban | 41 | 19.7 |
| Occupation | Daily laborers | 47 | 22.6 | Merchant | 22 | 10.6 | Civil servant | 9 | 4.3 | Housewife | 37 | 17.8 | Student | 93 | 44.7 |
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