Table 4 The distribution of socioeconomic characteristics by place of treatment

 Male

14

16.6 %

50

83.4 %

 Female

27

29.2 %

50

70.8 %

 35 to 39

1

47.9 %

5

52.1 %

 40 to 44

2

21.5 %

16

78.5 %

 45 to 49

6

20.1 %

19

79.9 %

 50 to 54

15

20.9 %

21

79.1 %

 55 to 59

10

28.1 %

19

71.9 %

 60 to 64

7

19.2 %

20

80.8 %

 Sinhalese

28

21.8 %

84

78.2 %

 Tamil

8

97.6 %

3

2.4 %

 Muslim

5

34.7 %

13

65.3 %

 No schooling

1

59.0 %

1

41.0 %

 Grade 5 or below

11

19.4 %

10

80.6 %

 Grade 6 to Grade 10

21

42.4 %

33

57.6 %

 Ordinary Level to Grade 12

4

0.6 %

26

99.4 %

 Advanced Level and above

2

11.1 %

25

88.9 %

 Missing

2

5

 Professional

-

-

2

100 %

 Technical & clerical

-

-

9

100 %

 Vendors and sellers

2

5.6 %

21

94.4 %

 Skilled manual workers

4

35.0 %

11

65.0 %

 Unskilled manual workers

3

0.8 %

5

99.2 %

 Retired

5

37.4 %

6

62.6 %

 Unemployed

4

37.5 %

5

62.5 %

 Housewife

23

31.9 %

40

68.1 %

 Missing

0

1

 Urban

19

28.8 %

44

71.2 %

 Rural

15

23.2 %

51

76.8 %

 Estate

7

58.1 %

5

41.9 %

 < Sri Lankan Rupees 10,000

16

31.6 %

17

68.4 %

 Sri Lankan Rupees 10,000 to 30,000

20

20.3 %

57

79.7 %

 > Sri Lankan Rupees 30,000

4

16.6 %

15

83.4 %

 Missing

1

11

 1^st quintile (richest)

9

21.1 %

30

78.9 %

 2^nd quintile

14

44.3 %

23

55.7 %

 3^rd quintile

5

13.7 %

26

86.3 %

 4^th quintile

8

15.6 %

18

84.4 %

 5^th quintile (poorest)

5

61.2 %

3

38.8 %

 1 (poorest)

1

49.2 %

1

50.8 %

 2

4

40.3 %

3

59.7 %

 3

5

30.2 %

13

69.8 %

 4

14

16.8 %

32

83.2 %

 5 (richest)

17

23.1 %

51

76.9 %