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Table 2 Age and sex distribution of the examined population during the baseline survey in 1987 and the evaluation survey in 2008.

From: Impact of long-term treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin in Kaduna State, Nigeria: first evidence of the potential for elimination in the operational area of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control

Survey

 

Age in years

Sex

Total

  

1-9

10-19

20-29

30-49

50+

Male

Female

N

Pre-treatment (1987)

No. examined

1,388

1,419

1,100

1,444

675

2,988

3,038

6,026

 

%

23.0

23.5

18.3

24.0

11.2

49.6

50.4

100

Evaluation (2008)

No. examined

1,156

808

433

803

503

1,779

1,924

3,703

 

%

31.2

21.8

11.7

21.7

13.6

48.0

52.0

100