A descriptive study of Forcefully Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN) presenting for care at public health sector hospitals in Bangladesh

Figures & data

Figure 1. Location of the government health facilities included in the study, in relation to the camps of the Forcefully Displaced Myanmar Nationals [14]

Figure 2. Number of consultations at the Kutupalong Community Clinic from 2015 to 2019, by sex and age group (trend lines are represented as interrupted dotted lines)

Figure 3. Number of admissions at Sadar district hospital (DH), TeknafSub-district Health Complex (UzHC), and UkhiyaUzHC from 2017 to 2019 (trend lines are represented as interrupted dotted lines)

Table 1. Age and sex distribution of FDMN patients interviewed (n = 9421)

	Male		Female		Total
≥ 5 yo	2,884	(75%)	4,850	(87%)	7,734	(82%)
Children <5yo	966	(25%)	721	(13%)	1,687	(18%)
Total	3,850	(100%)	5,571	(100%)	9,421	(100%)

Table 2. Major diagnosis of all Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMNs) attended for health care (n = 9421) captured during prospective data collection July 2018 – December 2019

	Adults and older children				Young Children
	Male ≥5yo		Female ≥5yo		Male <5yo		Female <5yo		Total
Acute Respiratory Infection	388	13%	452	9%	355	44%	303	48%	1498	16%
Pregnancy Complications			1,126	23%					1126	12%
Skin disease	190	6%	393	8%	62	8%	56	9%	701	7%
Injury	357	12%	215	4%	45	6%	29	5%	646	7%
Acute Abdomen	245	8%	335	7%	13	2%	8	1%	601	6%
Peptic ulcer disease	140	5%	283	6%	6	1%	4	1%	433	5%
Back pain	156	5%	234	5%	2	0%	1	0%	393	4%
Viral Fever	113	4%	208	4%	31	4%	35	5%	387	4%
Diarrhoea	73	2%	113	2%	110	13%	74	12%	370	4%
COPD*	166	5%	152	3%					318	3%
Kidney failure	126	4%	94	2%	10	1%	3	0%	233	2%
Pneumonia	44	1%	24	0%	59	7%	34	5%	161	2%
Chronic Lung Disease	81	3%	79	2%					160	2%
Hypertension	49	2%	61	1%	0	0%	1	0%	111	1%
Anaemia	38	1%	58	1%	9	1%	3	0%	108	1%
Diabetes	37	1%	66	1%					103	1%
Kidney Stone	53	2%	43	1%	3	0%	0	0%	99	1%
Asthma	43	1%	45	1%	4	0%	4	1%	96	1%
Heart disease	40	1%	50	1%	2	0%	0	0%	92	1%
Hernia	75	2%	1	0%	10	1%	1	0%	87	1%
Poisoning	47	2%	27	1%	5	1%	7	1%	86	1%
Viral hepatitis	25	1%	48	1%	1	0%	0	0%	74	1%
Stroke	48	2%	21	0%	0	0%	1	0%	70	1%
Cancer	32	1%	34	1%					66	1%
Tuberculosis	38	1%	21	0%	0	0%	2	0%	61	1%
Psychiatric condition	25	1%	29	1%					54	1%
Neuropathy	20	1%	10	0%	1	0%	2	0%	33	0%
Haemorrhoids	15	0%	12	0%					27	0%
Meningitis/Encephalitis	6	0%	6	0%	6	1%	7	1%	25	0%
Epilepsy	4	0%	7	0%	2	0%	1	0%	14	0%
Sepsis	3	0%	6	0%	0	0%	1	0%	10	0%
HIV	4	0%	5	0%		0%		0%	9	0%
Liver abscess	4	0%	3	0%		0%		0%	7	0%
Malaria	3	0%	0	0%		0%		0%	3	0%
Others	331	11%	663	13%	79	10%	60	9%	1133	12%
Total	3019	100%	4924	100%	815	100%	637	100%	9395	100%

*COPD = Chronic Obstructive Airway Diseases

Figure 4. Tobacco consumption among FDMN patients (n = 2,054); bidi are hand rolled cigarretes; oral tobacco includes smokeless tobacco products such as ‘Zarda’ (Tobacco, lime, spices, vegetable dye, areca nut), ‘Gul’ (Tobacco powder, molasses), ‘SadaPata’ (Sun-dried or cured raw tobacco leaf), ‘Khoinee’ (Tobacco, slaked lime, menthol, flavorings, and areca nut)

Figure 5. Duration of Hospital Stay of FDMN (n = 5,282)

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