Characteristics | Frequency N = 300 | Percentage |
Knowledge of BU (Nodule, Plaque, etc.) |
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Yes | 286 | 95.3 |
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Local Names |
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Aboagbonyo/OdontiHela (Ga) | 200 | 70.0 |
Detsifudor (Ewe) | 60 | 21.0 |
Asawa Kuro/Kisi Kuro (Akan) | 26 | 9.0 |
Sources of Information |
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People in the community | 172 | 60.1 |
Seen some myself/Victim | 74 | 25.8 |
Media | 18 | 6.3 |
Hospital | 13 | 4.6 |
Rumour | 9 | 3.2 |
Reasons for the names |
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Because of the Odonti/Asawa (Cotton) in it | 151 | 52.8 |
It’s a bad disease | 47 | 16.4 |
That is how our people call it | 46 | 16.1 |
I don’t know | 27 | 9.4 |
It doesn’t heal quick | 15 | 5.3 |