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Table 1 Demographics and patient utilization of traditional medicine clinics.

From: Disease concepts and treatment by tribal healers of an Amazonian forest culture

 

Kwamalasamutu (KM)

Përëre Tëpu (PT)

Location

2° 19' 60 N / 56° 46' 60 W

Sipaliwini river

Sipaliwini District, Suriname

3° 10' 00 N / 53° 43' 00 W

Tapanahoni river

Sipaliwini District, Suriname

Population census 1

1174

503

Study interval

8/2000 - 8/2004

8/2001 - 8/2004

Total clinic visits

18,199

2138

Clinic visits per month 2

368.9 ± 33.8 [47-1148]

60.0 ± 37.8 [11-183]

Total patients

765

180

Clinic visits per patient 2

21.1 ± 26.1 [1-167]

11.7 ± 9.6 [1-63]

Patient age at clinic visits 3

30.3 ± 19.8 [.02-80.6]

27.3 ± 22.0 [0.3-70.1]

Clinic visits per gender

M 7475 [46.6%]

F 8566 [53.4%]

M 1079 [51.4%]

F 1022 [48.9%]

Clinic visits per disease concept 2

225 ± 53.0 [1-2629]

49.8 ± 10.2 [4-291]

Clinic visits per shaman and shaman age at start of study interval

KM shaman 1

(69.4 years)

10,354 [56.9%]

PT shaman 1

(66.7 years)

1255 [58.7%]

 

KM shaman 2

(63.6 years)

3708 [20.4%]

PT shaman 2

(66.5 years)

766 [35.8%]

 

KM shaman 3

(53.8 years)

864 [4.7%]

PT shaman 3

(70.4 years)

117 [5.5%]

 

KM shaman 4

(51.9 years)

679 [3.7%]

  
 

KM shaman 5

(50.0 years)

571 [3.1%]

  
 

Not recorded

2023 [11.1%]

  

Shaman age at clinic visits 3

68.0 ± .04 [51.6-73.5]

68.2 ± .02 [66.6-71.7]

  1. 12004 census, an approximate cross-sectional assessment as the population dynamics of Suriname Trio villages are fluid.
  2. 2Values expressed as mean ± STD [range]
  3. 3Values expressed in years, mean ± STD [range]