Mortality following the Haitian earthquake of 2010: a stratified cluster survey

Table 1 Comparison of baseline characteristics by postearthquake residence location

	Neighborhoods		Camps		Total		p-value
	(n = 3261)		(N = 3286)		(N = 6547)
Baseline characteristics of the sample population
Age	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	<0.001^¥
0-17	1010	30.1	1293	39.5	2303	35.2
18-49	1920	58.88	1775	54.02	3990	60.9
50+	331	10.15	218	6.63	230	3.5
Mean (SD)	27.4(16.9)	23.8 (17.0)	25.4(16.7)
Sex							0.017 ^¥
Males	1567	48.1	1490	45.3	3057	46.7
Females	1632	50.1	1748	53.2	3380	51.6
Household education							<0.001 ^Ω
None	76	2.3	217	6.7	293	4.5
Primary school or less (%)	428	13.2	811	25.0	1239	19.1
Secondary school (%)	1764	54.4	1925	59.2	3689	56.8
Higher education	976	30.1	298	9.2	1274	19.6
Pre-earthquake living conditions
Type of house							0.219 ^Ω
Detached single family	1232	37.9	1233	37.5	2465	37.7
Attached single family	1497	46.0	1463	44.5	2960	45.3
Apartment/multiple dwelling	525	16.1	590	18.0	1115	17.1
Multilevel building							0.249 ^¥
Single level	2099	67.0	1901	65.5	4000	66.2
Multiple levels	1039	33.0	1002	34.52	2041	33.8
Wall material							0.291 ^¥
Concrete or brick	3072	94.9	3136	95.4	6208	95.2
Other	166	5.1	150	4.6	316	4.8
Roof material							0.342 ^Ω
Cement/concrete	2014	61.8	2014	61.3	4028	61.5
Metal sheeting	1193	36.6	1272	38.7	2465	37.7
Plastic/thatch	54	1.7	0	0.0	54	0.8
Home and land occupancy							<0.001 ^Ω
Own home w/ title to land	1731	53.2	741	22.7	2472	37.9
Own home w/o title to land	274	8.4	182	5.6	456	7.0
Rent	1244	38.2	2322	71.0	3566	54.6
Other	8	0.3	25	0.8	33	0.5
Crowding category							<0.001 ^Ω
<2.0	1248	38.3	679	20.7	1927	29.4
2.0-2.9	825	25.3	744	22.6	1569	24.0
3.0-3.9	376	11.5	577	17.6	953	14.6
4.0+	812	24.9	1286	39.1	2098	32.1

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