Table 4 Intensity (eggs per gram) of infection by community proportion of households with latrines in use among children aged 6 to 15 years in Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2011–2014
| Â | Â | Community sanitation usage | Â | Â | Â | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  | < 20% | 20– < 40% | 40– < 60% | 60– < 80% | ≥ 80% | Total |  | ||||||
Infection | Eggs/gram | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | P a |
Hookworm | 0 | 1919 | 0.76 | 1536 | 0.83 | 1794 | 0.79 | 1975 | 0.77 | 1597 | 0.76 | 8821 | 0.78 | 0.47 |
1–49 | 490 | 0.22 | 254 | 0.17 | 359 | 0.20 | 410 | 0.21 | 377 | 0.23 | 1890 | 0.21 |  | |
50–99 | 24 | 0.01 | 3 | 0.00 | 10 | 0.01 | 18 | 0.01 | 18 | 0.01 | 73 | 0.01 |  | |
≥ 100 | 9 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.00 | 5 | 0.00 | 8 | 0.00 | 5 | 0.00 | 30 | 0.00 |  | |
T. trichiura | 0 | 2382 | 0.97 | 1753 | 0.97 | 2069 | 0.96 | 2279 | 0.94 | 1858 | 0.93 | 10,341 | 0.96 | <Â 0.01 |
1–49 | 55 | 0.02 | 41 | 0.03 | 93 | 0.04 | 129 | 0.06 | 133 | 0.07 | 451 | 0.04 |  | |
50–99 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.00 | 10 | 0.00 |  | |
≥ 100 | 4 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.00 | 12 | 0.00 |  | |
A. lumbricoides | 0 | 2205 | 0.91 | 1510 | 0.84 | 1836 | 0.86 | 2024 | 0.84 | 1660 | 0.83 | 9235 | 0.86 | 0.13 |
1–49 | 175 | 0.07 | 193 | 0.11 | 215 | 0.09 | 272 | 0.11 | 220 | 0.11 | 1075 | 0.10 |  | |
50–99 | 33 | 0.01 | 43 | 0.02 | 59 | 0.02 | 57 | 0.02 | 57 | 0.03 | 249 | 0.02 |  | |
≥ 100 | 29 | 0.01 | 50 | 0.02 | 58 | 0.02 | 58 | 0.02 | 60 | 0.03 | 255 | 0.02 |  | |