| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | on your own | 92 |
8.3%
|
| 2 | Family members & relatives | 558 |
50.2%
|
| 3 | Friends & neighbors | 165 |
14.9%
|
| 4 | Private practitioners (Doctor/ Vaidya/ Siddha Maruthuvar/ Hakim/ Homoeopath) | 113 |
10.2%
|
| 5 | Doctors/ practitioners of Government hospital/ dispensary | 158 |
14.2%
|
| 6 | Media (TV, radio, hoardings, newspapers & magazines, internet- facebook/WhatsApp/Twitter/IEC material through outreach camps, surveys of organizations, etc.) | 22 |
2%
|
| 7 | Research Articles/ Medical news-letter/ text books | 3 |
0.3%
|