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Table 1 Characteristics of study villages and defecation survey

From: Seasonal patterns in risk factors for Taenia solium transmission: a GPS tracking study of pigs and open human defecation in northern Peru

 

Village A

Village B

Village C

Human population

279

250

372

Households

95

83

83

Household densitya

6.9

26.1

11.2

Area (km2)

1.93

0.45

0.58

Participated

77/95 (81%)

70/83 (84%)

79/83 (95%)

 Latrine prevalence

74/77 (96%)

46/70 (66%)

75/79 (95%)

 Open defecationb

13/77 (17%)

32/70 (46%)

25/79 (32%)

 Total no. of defecation sites

30 (20%)

79 (52%)

42 (28%)

No. of pig owners

41/77 (53%)

45/70 (64%)

55/79 (70%)

 Corral prevalence

31/41 (76%)

17/45 (38%)

18/55 (33%)

 Actual corral usec

12/41 (29%)

6/45 (13%)

3/55 (5%)

  1. aMean no. of households within 100 m
  2. bSome houses with latrines also reported open defecation
  3. cCorral in “good” condition and owner reports that it is used “always”