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Table 4 Relative importance of container categories in the coastal region, Kenya

From: Characterization and productivity profiles of Aedes aegypti (L.) breeding habitats across rural and urban landscapes in western and coastal Kenya

Container category

No. of container visits (+ve)

Total no. of larvae in each container category

Proportion of larvae in each container category (%)

No. of containers with pupae

Total no. of pupae in each container category

No. of pupae per container type (Mean ± SD)

Frequency of containers with pupae (%)

Proportion of pupae in each container category (%)

Bucket

3150 (113)

2160

20.73

31

980

0.31 ± 6.43

0.98

35.64

Drum

745 (87)

3468

33.28

41

937

1.26 ± 11.70

1.30

34.07

Tires

82 (34)

1906

18.29

19

333

4.06 ± 11.51

0.60

12.11

SDC

423 (27)

749

7.19

13

171

0.40 ± 3.89

0.41

6.22

Pot

126 (15)

763

7.32

8

110

0.87 ± 4.17

0.25

4.00

AFC

88 (14)

763

7.32

5

110

1.18 ± 5.53

0.16

4.00

“Other”

235 (16)

338

3.24

7

73

0.31 ± 2.42

0.22

2.65

Jerrycan

1717 (25)

273

2.62

9

36

0.02 ± 0.35

0.29

1.31

Well

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Treehole

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

6566 (330)

10,420

100

133

2750

  

100

  1. Abbreviations: AFC animal feeding containers, SDC small domestic containers, +ve positive