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Table 2 Epidemiological coverage from reported treatment tallies and the pre-MDA census and by district, large towns and sex

From: Maintaining effective mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis through in-process monitoring in Sierra Leone

District and large towns

Pre-MDA census by sex

Population treated and coverage by sex

Overage coverage

Coverage in males versus females

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Males

Females

Total treated

%

p value

SOUTHERN PROVINCE

          

Bo Town*

118,992

119,447

238,439

84,859

81,169

71.3%

68.0%

166,028

69.6%

p<0.0001

Bo

183,454

191,284

374,738

137,869

142,098

75.2%

74.3%

279,968

74.7%

p<0.005

Bo Town

118,992

119,447

238,439

84,859

81,169

71.3%

68.0%

166,028

69.6%

p<0.0001

Bonthe

74,459

80,401

154,860

54,065

63,136

72.6%

78.5%

117,201

75.7%

p<0.0001

Moyamba

166,492

184,287

350,779

144,942

123,934

87.1%

67.3%

268,876

76.7%

p<0.0001

Pujehun

121,747

128,533

250,280

94,862

98,623

77.9%

76.7%

193,485

77.3%

p<0.0001

EASTERN PROVINCE

          

Kenema Town*

77,345

78,567

155,912

56,661

59,139

73.3%

75.3%

115,800

74.3%

p<0.0001

Kenema

208,519

218,847

427,366

162,680

171,283

78.0%

78.3%

333,963

78.1%

NS

Kailahun

191,421

219,088

410,509

148,492

173,713

77.6%

79.3%

322,206

78.5%

p<0.0001

Kono

184,986

192,090

377,076

136,155

147,284

73.6%

76.7%

346,719

91.9%

p<0.0001

Koidu Town

43,126

41,360

84,486

31,500

31,780

73.0%

76.8%

63,280

74.9%

p<0.0001

NORTHERN PROVINCE

          

Makeni Town*

63,444

63,556

127,000

44,477

44,831

70.1%

70.5%

89,308

70.3%

NS

Bombali

173,271

197,844

371,115

127,444

146,326

73.6%

74.0%

273,770

73.8%

NS

Tonkolili

197,723

214,682

412,404

138,908

165,287

70.3%

77.0%

304,195

73.8%

p<0.0001

Koinadugu

106,047

116,920

222,966

75,271

86,788

71.0%

74.2%

162,059

72.7%

p<0.0001

Port Loko

231,117

249,803

480,920

177,152

185,875

76.7%

74.4%

363,026

75.5%

p<0.0001

Kambia

146,617

164,088

310,705

113,026

121,884

77.1%

74.3%

234,910

75.6%

p<0.0001

Overall

2,288,760

2,460,797

4,749,557

1,728,363

1,843,150

75.5%

74.9%

3,571,514

75.2%

p<0.0001

  1. NS=Not significant.