Table 1 Distribution of the 601 DBS’s donors analysed in this study by health region, age group and sex
Health region | Total N (%) | Age group (years) n (%) | Sex n (%) | Statistical analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0–4 | 5–14 | 15–24 | 25–44 | ≥ 45 | Male | Female | |||
Bafataa | 89 (15.0) | 28 (32.0) | 24 (27.0) | 14 (16.0) | 13 (15.0) | 10 (11.0) | 37 (43.0) | 49 (57.0) | X2 = 49.1, df = 40, P = 0.15b X2 = 9.5, df = 10, P = 0.49c |
Bijagos | 20 (3.0) | 11 (55.0) | 1 (5.0) | 2 (10.0) | 3 (15.0) | 3 (15.0) | 7 (35.0) | 13 (65.0) | |
Biomboa | 37 (6.0) | 9 (24.0) | 7 (19.0) | 9 (24.0) | 5 (14.0) | 7 (19.0) | 10 (28.0) | 26 (72.0) | |
Bolama | 22 (4.0) | 9 (41.0) | 7 (32.0) | 1 (4.5) | 4 (18.0) | 1 (4.5) | 10 (46.0) | 12 (54.0) | |
Cacheu | 37 (6.0) | 10 (27.0) | 6 (16.0) | 6 (16.0) | 7 (19.0) | 8 (22.0) | 14 (38.0) | 23 (62.0) | |
Farim | 15 (2.0) | 4 (26.7) | 5 (33.3) | 3 (20.0) | 3 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (47.0) | 8 (53.0) | |
Gabu | 142 (24.0) | 55 (39.0) | 26 (18.0) | 31 (22.0) | 19 (13.0) | 11 (8.0) | 57 (40.0) | 85 (60.0) | |
Oio | 48 (8.0) | 13 (27.0) | 8 (16.0) | 9 (19.0) | 9 (19.0) | 9 (19.0) | 15 (31.0) | 33 (69.0) | |
Quinara | 82 (14.0) | 39 (48.0) | 15 (18.0) | 11 (13.0) | 12 (15.0) | 5 (6.0) | 40 (49.0) | 42 (51.0) | |
SAB | 82 (14.0) | 26 (32.0) | 20 (24.0) | 20 (24.0) | 9 (11.0) | 7 (9.0) | 27 (33.0) | 55 (67.0) | |
Tombali | 27 (4.0) | 9 (33.0) | 2 (7.0) | 5 (19.0) | 7 (26.0) | 4 (15.0) | 12 (44.4) | 15 (55.6) | |
Total (N) | 601 (100.0) | 213 (35.0) | 121 (20.0) | 111 (19.0) | 91 (15.0) | 65 (11.0) | 236 (40.0) | 361 (60.0) | |