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

Table 5 Relative importance of container categories in the western region, 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	No. of pupae per container type (Mean ± SD)	Frequency of containers with pupae (%)	Proportion of pupa in each container category (%)
Pot	1915 (417)	1776	49.58	55	340	0.18 ± 1.22	2.87	45.39
Tire	276 (125)	647	18.06	41	185	0.67 ± 1.81	14.86	24.70
SDC	1652 (108)	435	12.14	12	61	0.04 ± 0.52	0.73	8.14
Drum	801 (56)	293	8.18	14	53	0.66 ± 0.66	1.75	7.08
AFC	145 (16)	71	1.98	6	27	0.19 ± 0.94	4.14	3.60
Bucket	3409 (9)	48	1.34	3	13	0.003 ± 0.15	0.09	1.74
Jerrycan	4588 (20)	35	0.98	3	6	0.001 ± 0.06	0.07	0.80
Well	61 (5)	48	1.34	2	5	0.08 ± 0.46	3.28	0.67
Other	2695 (7)	41	1.14	1	2	0.0001 ± 0.04	0.04	0.27
Treehole	36 (21)	188	5.25	13	57	1.58 ± 2.48	36.11	7.61
Total	15,578	3582	100.00	150	749			100

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

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