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Table 6 Population-adjusted predicted prevalence (%) and number of individuals (×10 6 ) infected with soil-transmitted helminths, stratified by province

From: Bayesian geostatistical modelling of soil-transmitted helminth survey data in the People’s Republic of China

Province

Popula-tion

A. lumbricoides

T. trichiura

Hookworm

Any soil-transmitted helminth

Prevalence

No. of people infected

Prevalence

No. of people infected

Prevalence

No. of people infected

Prevalence

No. of people infected

Anhui

54.9

4.3 (2.9; 6.8)

2.4 (1.6; 3.8)

1.4 (0.77; 2.6)

0.78 (0.42; 1.4)

4.6 (2.6; 8.1)

2.5 (1.5; 4.4)

10.1 (7.6; 14.2)

5.5 (4.2; 7.8)

Beijing

17.0

0.68 (0.40; 1.3)

0.12 (0.07; 0.22)

0.05 (0.02; 0.23)

0.01 (0.00; 0.04)

0.02 (0.01; 0.06)

0.00# (0.00; 0.01)

0.77 (0.47; 1.4)

0.13 (0.08; 0.24)

Chongqing

26.7

10.2 (7.9; 12.4)

2.7 (2.1; 3.3)

1.2 (0.78; 1.7)

0.31 (0.21; 0.47)

10.3 (7.6; 13.5)

2.8 (2.0; 3.6)

20.6 (17.1; 24.0)

5.5 (4.6; 6.4)

Fujian

32.8

1.9 (1.5; 2.7)

0.63 (0.48; 0.89)

2.0 (1.4; 3.2)

0.67 (0.44; 1.0)

8.6 (6.4; 11.6)

2.8 (2.1; 3.8)

12.3 (10.1; 15.3)

4.0 (3.3; 5.0)

Gansu

25.6

6.6 (3.8; 11.5)

1.7 (0.97; 2.9)

0.30 (0.10; 1.3)

0.08 (0.02; 0.34)

0.02 (0.00; 0.16)

0.00# (0.00; 0.04)

7.0 (4.1; 11.9)

1.8 (1.0; 3.0)

Guangdong

91.1

3.0 (2.1; 4.4)

2.7 (1.9; 4.0)

2.3 (1.4; 3.5)

2.1 (1.3; 3.2)

4.3 (2.6; 7.1)

3.9 (2.4; 6.5)

9.0 (7.1; 12.4)

8.2 (6.4; 11.3)

Guangxi

37.6

6.9 (5.1; 9.4)

2.6 (1.9; 3.5)

3.6 (2.3; 5.7)

1.4 (0.86; 2.1)

7.8 (5.4; 11.8)

2.9 (2.0; 4.4)

17.4 (14.0; 21.8)

6.5 (5.3; 8.2)

Guizhou

31.4

27.9* (19.5; 37.6)

8.7 (6.1; 11.8)

5.2 (2.8; 9.6)

1.6 (0.87; 3.0)

4.1 (2.1; 7.7)

1.3 (0.65; 2.4)

34.6 (25.9; 43.3)

10.9 (8.1; 13.6)

Hainan

6.7

7.5 (5.0; 10.5)

0.50 (0.33; 0.70)

18.3* (11.9; 25.9)

1.2 (0.80; 1.7)

22.1* (16.0; 29.7)

1.5 (1.1; 2.0)

40.8* (33.6; 48.6)

2.7 (2.2; 3.3)

Hebei

75.5

1.3 (0.77; 2.1)

0.95 (0.58; 1.6)

0.09 (0.04; 0.20)

0.07 (0.03; 0.15)

0.12 (0.06; 0.31)

0.09 (0.04; 0.23)

1.5 (0.97; 2.4)

1.1 (0.73; 1.8)

Heilongjiang

42.3

2.1 (0.99; 4.7)

0.90 (0.42; 2.0)

0.02 (0.01; 0.07)

0.01 (0.00; 0.03)

0.04 (0.01; 0.26)

0.02 (0.00; 0.11)

2.2 (1.1; 4.8)

0.93 (0.44; 2.0)

Henan

84.3

2.2 (1.5; 3.2)

1.8 (1.2; 2.7)

0.62 (0.34; 1.2)

0.52 (0.29; 1.1)

1.5 (0.83; 2.7)

1.2 (0.70; 2.3)

4.3 (3.2; 5.9)

3.6 (2.7; 4.9)

Hubei

58.2

18.3 (14.4; 22.7)

10.6 (8.4; 13.2)

3.2 (1.7; 6.7)

1.9 (0.98; 3.9)

5.9 (4.0; 8.9)

3.4 (2.3; 5.2)

24.9 (20.7; 30.1)

14.5 (12.0; 17.5)

Hunan

55.1

17.7 (12.5; 24.9)

9.7 (6.9; 13.7)

1.8 (0.9; 3.6)

0.99 (0.50; 2.0)

3.5 (2.0; 6.6)

1.9 (1.1; 3.7)

22.1 (16.6; 29.5)

12.2 (9.2; 16.3)

Jiangsu

74.3

1.2 (0.88; 1.8)

0.91 (0.65; 1.3)

0.72 (0.45; 1.5)

0.54 (0.34; 1.1)

2.2 (1.5; 3.5)

1.6 (1.1; 2.6)

4.1 (3.2; 5.7)

3.1 (2.4; 4.3)

Jiangxi

36.3

11.3 (8.1; 15.7)

4.1 (2.9; 5.7)

3.3 (2.0; 5.8)

1.2 (0.73; 2.1)

5.0 (3.1; 7.7)

1.8 (1.1; 2.8)

18.6 (14.8; 23.6)

6.8 (5.4; 8.6)

Jilin

29.2

7.2 (4.3; 11.8)

2.1 (1.2; 3.5)

0.02 (0.00; 0.09)

0.01 (0.00; 0.03)

0.04 (0.01; 0.28)

0.01 (0.00; 0.08)

7.3 (4.3; 11.9)

2.1 (1.3; 3.5)

Liaoning

43.1

3.5 (1.4; 9.1)

1.5 (0.61; 3.9)

0.02 (0.00; 0.08)

0.01 (0.00; 0.03)

0.03 (0.00; 0.21)

0.01 (0.00; 0.09)

3.5 (1.5; 9.2)

1.5 (0.64; 5.0)

Nei Mongol

29.7

2.2 (1.0; 5.2)

0.65 (0.30; 1.6)

0.01# (0.01; 0.06)

0.00# (0.00; 0.02)

0.01 (0.00; 0.04)

0.00# (0.00; 0.01)

2.2 (1.0; 5.2)

0.66 (0.31; 1.6)

Ningxia Hui

6.3

3.8 (2.5; 5.4)

0.24 (0.16; 0.34)

0.07 (0.03; 0.26)

0.00# (0.00; 0.02)

0.00# (0.00; 0.03)

0.00# (0.00; 0.00)

3.9 (2.6; 5.5)

0.25 (0.16; 0.34)

Qinghai

5.0

5.7 (3.4; 9.5)

0.28 (0.17; 0.47)

0.05 (0.01; 0.20)

0.00# (0.00; 0.01)

0.00# (0.00; 0.03)

0.00# (0.00; 0.00)

5.8 (3.5; 9.6)

0.29 (0.17; 0.48)

Shaanxi

34.2

5.8 (2.6; 12.5)

2.0 (0.89; 4.3)

0.84 (0.30; 2.3)

0.29 (0.10; 0.78)

0.39 (0.09; 1.9)

0.14 (0.03; 0.66)

7.0 (3.7; 13.4)

2.4 (1.3; 4.6)

Shandong

93.4

5.2 (3.7; 7.3)

4.9 (3.4; 6.9)

2.1 (1.4; 3.3)

2.0 (1.3; 3.1)

0.78 (0.44; 1.6)

0.73 (0.41; 1.5)

7.9 (6.2; 10.4)

7.4 (5.8; 9.7)

Shanghai

15.0

0.32# (0.21; 0.54)

0.05# (0.03; 0.08)

0.46 (0.27; 0.81)

0.07 (0.04; 0.12)

0.02 (0.01; 0.05)

0.00# (0.00; 0.01)

0.82 (0.58; 1.2)

0.12 (0.09; 0.18)

Shanxi

35.5

1.7 (0.88; 3.9)

0.59 (0.31; 1.4)

0.14 (0.04; 0.41)

0.05 (0.01; 0.15)

0.07 (0.02; 0.27)

0.02 (0.01; 0.10)

1.9 (1.1; 4.1)

0.68 (0.37; 1.4)

Sichuan

94.6

14.8 (11.5; 19.3)

14.0* (10.9; 18.2)

3.9 (2.4; 6.9)

3.7* (2.2; 6.5)

15.1 (10.9; 21.4)

14.3* (10.3; 20.3)

30.6 (26.0; 36.2)

29.0* (24.6; 34.2)

Tianjin

9.8

0.66 (0.32; 1.3)

0.06 (0.03; 0.13)

0.01# (0.00; 0.05)

0.00# (0.00; 0.00)

0.03 (0.01; 0.13)

0.00# (0.00; 0.01)

0.70# (0.36; 1.3)

0.07# (0.04; 0.13)

Xinjiang Uygur

25.0

2.4 (1.1; 7.1)

0.60 (0.26; 1.8)

0.05 (0.02; 0.15)

0.01 (0.00; 0.04)

0.01 (0.00; 0.09)

0.00# (0.00; 0.02)

2.5 (1.1; 7.2)

0.62 (0.28; 1.8)

Tibet

2.7

3.3 (1.5; 7.7)

0.09 (0.04; 0.21)

0.47 (0.15; 1.4)

0.01 (0.00; 0.04)

0.03 (0.01; 0.17)

0.00# (0.00; 0.00)

3.9 (1.9; 8.1)

0.10 (0.05; 0.22)

Yunnan

39.5

13.6 (9.0; 19.4)

5.4 (3.5; 7.7)

3.5 (2.0; 6.5)

1.4 (0.77; 2.6)

2.7 (1.6; 5.0)

1.1 (0.62; 2.0)

19.0 (13.89; 25.1)

7.5 (5.5; 9.9)

Zhejiang

45.4

0.80 (0.58; 1.2)

0.36 (0.26; 0.54)

0.64 (0.38; 1.1)

0.29 (0.17; 0.50)

3.0 (1.9; 4.9)

1.4 (0.88; 2.2)

4.4 (3.3; 6.4)

2.0 (1.5; 2.9)

Total

1,257.9

6.8 (6.2; 7.5)

85.4 (77.8; 94.0)

1.8 (1.5; 2.1)

22.1 (18.7; 26.2)

3.7 (3.2; 4.3)

46.6 (40.7; 53.7)

11.4 (10.8; 12.2)

143.8 (135.9; 153.8)

  1. Estimates based on Gridded population of 2010; calculations based on the median and 95% BIC of the posterior distribution of the predicted risk from 2005 onwards.
  2. *Highest prevalence/largest number of infected individuals among provinces; #lowest prevalence/smallest number of infected individuals among provinces.