HIV/AIDS and home-based health care

Table 2 Hospitalization of the deceased (19–59 years old) prior to mortality

Gender	Number of deceased	% of total dead	Source of income when alive			Hospitalization^A
			Waged	Business	Farming/other	Number hospitalized	Number not hospitalized
Male	21	60	10	7	4	19 (90%)	2 (10%)
Female	14	40	4	1	9	9 (64%)	5 (36%)
Total	35	100	14	8	13	28 (80%)	7 (20%)

Note: (A) Stayed at a hospital at least one day.
Source: In-depth interviews with 25 purposively-selected households in Siaya district, interviewed by Opiyo in 2000

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