Table 2

Demographics by unmet needs in respondents who had emergency conditions in the last year

			Unmet needs for emergency care
	Total		Yes		No
	N	Per cent	N	Per cent	N	Per cent	p Value
Total	1113	100.0	766	68.8	347	31.2
Gender							0.80
Female	622	55.9	430	56.1	192	55.3
Male	491	44.1	336	43.9	155	44.7
Age							<0.01
0–17	429	38.5	285	37.2	144	41.5
18–35	425	38.2	314	41.0	111	32.0
36–55	196	17.6	119	15.5	77	22.2
56 and more	63	5.7	48	6.3	15	4.3
Median (IQR)	22 (11–35)		22 (11–34)		22 (9–37)		0.58
Health insurance							0.54
Yes	16	1.4	9	1.2	7	2.0
Distance to the closest teaching hospital (km)							<0.01
0–1.4	410	36.8	251	32.8	159	45.8
1.5–2.9	226	20.3	153	20.0	73	21.0
3.0–4.4	170	15.3	122	15.9	48	13.8
4.5 and more	307	27.6	240	31.3	67	19.3
Distance to the closest district hospital (km)							<0.01
0–1.4	319	28.7	210	27.4	109	31.4
1.5–2.9	365	32.8	261	34.1	104	30.0
3.0–4.4	347	31.2	249	32.5	98	28.2
4.5 and more	82	7.4	46	6.0	36	10.4
Education (year)							0.22
Paediatrics	429	38.5	285	37.2	144	41.5
Primary school (0–6)	106	9.5	72	9.4	34	9.8
Middle school (7–11)	271	24.3	188	24.5	83	23.9
High school (12–13)	131	11.8	89	11.6	42	12.1
University or higher (14 and more)	175	15.7	132	17.2	43	12.4
Unknown	1	0.1	0	0.0	1	0.3
Occupation							0.02
Non-physical labour	87	7.8	64	8.4	23	6.6
Physical labour	142	12.8	99	12.9	43	12.4
Housewife	96	8.6	68	8.9	28	8.1
Unemployed	313	28.1	216	28.2	97	28.0
Preschool/student	101	9.1	82	10.7	19	5.5
Other/unknown	374	33.6	237	30.9	137	39.5
Household income (XAF/week)							0.03
1–10 000	151	13.6	109	14.2	42	12.1
10 001–25 000	347	31.2	227	29.6	120	34.6
25 001–50 000	183	16.4	114	14.9	69	19.9
50 001 and more	27	2.4	18	2.3	9	2.6
Unknown	405	36.4	298	38.9	107	30.8
Number of family members							0.28
1–2	41	3.7	32	4.2	9	2.6
3–6	608	54.6	409	53.4	199	57.3
7–10	388	34.9	275	35.9	113	32.6
11–14	42	3.8	25	3.3	17	4.9
15 and more	34	3.1	25	3.3	9	2.6
Residential information							0.17
Owned	580	52.1	385	50.3	195	56.2
Rented	396	35.6	285	37.2	111	32.0
Other/unknown	137	12.3	96	12.5	41	11.8
Healthcare usage in the last year
Number of outpatient usage							<0.01
Never	589	52.9	480	62.7	109	31.4
1–4	432	38.8	234	30.5	198	57.1
5–8	55	4.9	33	4.3	22	6.3
9–12	25	2.2	12	1.6	13	3.7
13 and more	6	0.5	1	0.1	5	1.4
Unknown	6	0.5	6	0.8	0	0.0
Number of emergency unit usage							<0.01
Never	1032	92.7	737	96.2	295	85.0
1–4	74	6.6	25	3.3	49	14.1
5–8	4	0.4	2	0.3	2	0.6
Unknown	3	0.3	2	0.3	1	0.3
Number of hospitalisation							<0.01
Never	966	86.8	704	91.9	262	75.5
1–4	141	12.7	58	7.6	83	23.9
5–8	3	0.3	1	0.1	2	0.6
Unknown	3	0.3	3	0.4	0	0.0