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Figure 1. Different pathologies diagnosed at the private Gbemontin centre
and the Public Health Centres of Zagnanado in 2007. Significant differences
were found when comparing pathology distribution between the Gbemontin and
Zagnanado centres for every diagnosis group (p < 0.05).

The patients who visited both centres were almost 50% children
and 50% adult. In Table 1 we can see the different problems which
drove both children and adults to go to both Health care centres.
If we look at the differences between children (< 15 years of age) and
adults, diseases such as mycosis, anaemias not caused by malaria,
malnutrition and respiratory diseases were much more common in
children. On the other hand, cardiovascular diseases represented 9%
of diagnosed adults, while barely any children had this disease. The
percentage of undiagnosed patients was higher in adults.

No significant differences were found according to gender, except
in the well-known disease groups such as breast-diseases or urinary
system infections, in both centres.

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