Table 1

Sociodemographic and health-related background information of study participants, FDMN population, Bangladesh December 2020 (N=3446)

VariableOverall n (%)Female n (%)Male n (%)
Age, years
 All3446 (100.0)1906 (100.0)1540 (100.0)
 1–171054 (30.6)472 (24.8)582 (37.8)
 18–942392 (69.4)1434 (75.2)958 (62.2)
 Median (IQR)23.0 (14.0–35.0)24.0 (18.0–36.0)23.0 (11.0–35.0)
Education (n=3160)*
 No formal education1847 (58.4)1262 (70.5)585 (42.7)
 Any schooling1313 (41.6)528 (29.5)785 (57.3)
 Median (IQR)0 (0–2)0 (0–1)0 (0–4)
Camp location
 Teknaf455 (13.2)245 (12.9)210 (13.6)
 Ukhiya2991 (86.8)1661 (87.1)1330 (86.4)
Smoking (n=2392)†513 (21.4)103 (7.2)410 (42.8)
BCG vaccination2974 (86.3)1665 (87.4)1309 (85.0)
Any relevant symptoms‡1274 (37.0)723 (37.9)551 (35.8)
Any comorbidity§430 (12.5)268 (14.1)162 (10.5)
  • *Among those aged ≥6 years.

  • †Among those age ≥18 years.

  • ‡Symptoms include fever (20.3%), cough (20.2%), dyspnoea (3.1%), anosmia (1.9%), chills (1.6%), fatigue (10.3%), sore throat (3.9%), headache (10.9%), ageusia (4.5%), nausea (3.9%), vomiting (3.9%), diarrhoea (5.8%), wheezing (1.4%), chest pain (2.9%), rhinorrhoea (11.8%), conjunctivitis (1.1%), other respiratory (0.6%), muscle aches (5.4%), myalgia (3.9%), rash (1.8%), loss appetite (3.7%), nosebleed (0.1%), seizures (0.2%).

  • §Comorbidities include cancer (0.1%), diabetes (2.5%), hypertension (5.8%), heart diseases (1.3%), asthma (1.9%), chronic lung disease (0.5%), chronic liver diseases (0.9%), thalassaemia or other chronic haematological disorder (0.1%), chronic kidney diseases (0.3%), chronic neurological impairment (0.3%), bone marrow diseases (0.5%).

  • FDMN, Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals.