Ethnic Variations in Healthcare Service Utilization and Access in Vietnamese Mountainous Setting

Table 2

Health characteristics by ethnic groups.

Characteristics	Kinh		Tay		Others		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Number of acute symptoms (last 4 weeks) (n = 321)
None	1	2.4	10	4.4	5	10.2	16	5.0	0.025
One symptom	5	11.9	29	12.6	13	26.5	47	14.6
Two symptoms or more	36	85.7	191	83.0	31	63.3	258	80.4
Acute symptoms (last 4 weeks) (n = 321)
Headache	34	81.0	171	74.4	29	59.2	234	72.9	0.043
Backache	31	73.8	150	65.2	32	65.3	213	66.4	0.548
Allergy	7	16.7	46	20.0	4	8.2	57	17.8	0.141
Constipation	4	9.5	40	17.4	9	18.4	53	16.5	0.419
Cough, sore throat	28	66.7	134	58.3	16	32.7	178	55.5	0.001
Sneezing, runny nose	17	40.5	85	37.0	13	26.5	115	35.8	0.307
Fever	20	47.6	63	27.4	8	16.3	91	28.4	0.004
Diarrhoea	2	4.8	21	9.1	4	8.2	27	8.4	0.643
Eyesore	10	23.8	51	22.2	4	8.2	65	20.3	0.071
Number of chronic diseases (last 3 months) (n = 321)
None	4	9.5	59	25.7	21	42.9	84	26.2	0.003
One disease	22	52.4	74	32.2	14	28.6	110	34.3
Two diseases or more	16	38.1	97	42.2	14	28.6	127	39.6
Chronic diseases (last 3 months) (n = 321)
Hypertension	10	23.8	57	24.8	8	16.3	75	23.4	0.445
Low blood pressure	8	19.1	40	17.4	6	12.2	54	16.8	0.626
Heart disease	7	16.7	29	12.6	4	8.2	40	12.5	0.469
Gastrointestinal disease	13	31.0	58	25.2	11	22.5	82	25.6	0.636
Spine/bone pain	25	59.5	120	52.2	16	32.7	161	50.2	0.020

Chi-squared test.