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Table 3 Most common chronic diagnoses

From: Utilization of a mobile medical van for delivering pediatric care in the bateys of the Dominican Republic

Diagnosis

Chronic diagnoses made (total N = 657)

Number

% (95% CI)

Parasite/ameba/giardia

331

50.4 (46.6–54.2)

Scabies

68

10.4 (8.3–12.9)

Tinea capitus

48

7.3 (5.6–9.6)

Symptomatic anemia

42

6.4 (4.8–8.5)

Tinea corporis

40

6.1 (4.5–8.2)

Allergies

30

4.6 (3.2–6.4)

Dermatitis/eczema

26

4.0 (2.7–5.7)

Tinea versicolor

17

2.6 (1.6–4.1)

Failure to thrive

8

1.2 (0.6–2.4)

Other

47

7.2 (5.4–9.4)