Demographic and Health Survey 2009-10 - Timor-Leste Ministry of ...

Table 14.10 Prevalence of medical injections
Percentage of women and men age 15-49 who received at least one medical injection in the last 12 months, the average number of medical injections per person in the
last 12 months, and among those who received a medical injection, the percentage of last medical injections for which the syringe and needle were taken from a new,
unopened package, by background characteristics, Timor-Leste 2009-10
Background
characteristic
Percentage
Average
number of
who received medical
a medical injections per
injection in person in
the last the last
12 months 12 months
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Women Men
Number of
women
For last
injection,
syringe and
needle taken
from a new,
unopened
package
Number of
respondents
receiving
medical
injections in
the last
12 months
Percentage
who
received a
medical
injection in
the last
12 months
Average
number of
medical
injections per
person in
the last
12 months
Number of
men
For last
injection,
syringe and
needle taken
from a new,
unopened
package
Number of
respondents
receiving
medical
injections in
the last
12 months
Age
15-24 22.5 0.5 5,487 98.5 1,233 5.1 0.1 1,636 100.0 83
15-19 22.6 0.5 3,144 98.7 712 4.0 0.1 994 (100.0) 40
20-24 22.3 0.5 2,343 98.2 522 6.7 0.2 643 100.0 43
25-29 20.9 0.8 1,897 99.1 396 6.8 0.2 586 (100.0) 40
30-39 22.7 1.0 3,219 97.5 729 7.5 0.2 992 95.3 74
40-49
Residence
19.7 1.0 2,534 97.6 499 6.6 0.2 861 96.6 57
Urban 18.4 0.4 3,439 98.6 633 9.5 0.3 1,102 98.1 104
Rural
District
22.9 0.9 9,698 98.1 2,225 5.0 0.1 2,974 97.7 150
Aileu 53.6 1.0 554 98.9 297 8.2 0.1 181 * 15
Ainaro 14.8 0.3 619 99.4 92 1.5 0.0 217 * 3
Baucau 16.9 0.3 1,408 93.8 239 0.8 0.0 415 * 3
Bobonaro 5.5 2.9 1,262 96.1 69 0.0 0.0 357 * 0
Covalima 18.7 0.5 781 98.8 146 11.4 0.3 236 (100.0) 27
Dili 12.8 0.3 2,466 97.8 315 11.2 0.3 797 (96.2) 89
Ermera 3.0 0.1 1,542 (95.3) 45 1.2 0.0 491 * 6
Lautem 15.6 0.3 864 98.1 135 4.9 0.4 308 * 15
Liquiçá 60.3 1.6 801 99.1 483 4.6 0.1 252 * 12
Manatuto 35.0 1.0 603 98.8 211 30.9 0.9 190 99.1 59
Manufahi 30.1 0.7 470 100.0 142 3.7 0.0 137 * 5
Oecussi 68.0 1.7 884 98.5 601 8.6 0.2 235 * 20
Viqueque
Education
9.3 0.2 882 97.5 82 0.0 0.0 260 * 0
No education 20.2 0.8 3,854 97.4 780 3.1 0.1 791 (93.8) 25
Primary 24.1 1.0 3,005 98.4 725 5.4 0.1 1,046 100.0 56
Secondary 22.0 0.6 5,829 98.4 1,284 7.2 0.2 2,009 98.7 145
More than secondary
Wealth quintile
15.3 0.4 449 100.0 69 11.9 0.3 230 * 27
Lowest 27.4 0.7 2,314 98.3 635 3.6 0.1 728 (96.4) 26
Second 21.8 1.1 2,468 98.9 538 3.6 0.1 781 (100.0) 28
Middle 20.6 0.7 2,590 98.0 534 4.9 0.1 786 100.0 39
Fourth 21.7 0.9 2,687 97.6 584 6.2 0.2 849 98.9 53
Highest 18.4 0.6 3,077 98.0 567 11.6 0.4 932 96.4 108
Total 15-49 21.8 0.8 13,137 98.2 2,858 6.2 0.2 4,076 97.9 254
Note: Medical injections are those given by a doctor, nurse, pharmacist, dentist or other health worker. Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases. An
asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been suppressed.
There are small variations by age in the likelihood of receiving an injection in the past 12
months among women, but among men it is highest among those age 30-39 (8 percent) and lowest
among those age 15-19 (4 percent). The likelihood of receiving an injection in the past 12 months is
higher among rural than urban women, but the reverse is true for men. It is highest among women
with primary education and among women in the lowest wealth quintile, but highest among men with
more than secondary education and men in the highest wealth quintile. Use of injections is highest
among women residing in Oecussi and men in Manatuto.
Respondents who had received an injection in the past 12 months were asked where they
obtained their last injection. About two in three women (64 percent) and four in five men (83 percent)
age 15-49 received their last medical injection from a public sector facility; 5 percent of women and 9
percent of men received their last injection from a private medical facility (Figure 14.2). Within the
public sector, women are most likely to obtain their last medical injection at community health
centers, while men are most likely to receive theirs from government hospitals.