Table 1 Study population baseline socio-demographic characteristics and distribution of schistosomiasis cases. The proportion of schistosomiasis cases is distributed at the end of phase 1 and at the end of phase 2
Study population characteristics at baseline | Schistosomiasis cases | P-valuea | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
End of phase 1 | End of phase 2 | |||||||
N | % | 95% CI (%) | n/N | % | n/N | % | ||
Overall | 328 | – | – | 103/258 | 39.9 | 33/188 | 17.5 | < 0.0001 |
Age | ||||||||
6–8 | 69 | 21.0 | 16.7–25.8 | 16/61 | 26.2 | 10/44 | 22.7 | 0.86 |
9–11 | 102 | 31.1 | 26.1–36.4 | 34/80 | 42.5 | 13/66 | 19.7 | 0.006 |
12–14 | 81 | 24.7 | 19.8–29.4 | 32/69 | 46.4 | 7/50 | 14.0 | 0.0004 |
15–30 | 76 | 23.2 | 18.7–28.1 | 21/48 | 43.8 | 3/28 | 10.7 | 0.006 |
Gender | ||||||||
Female | 163 | 49.7 | 44.1–55.2 | 48/130 | 36.9 | 16/97 | 16.5 | 0.001 |
Male | 165 | 50.3 | 44.7–55.8 | 55/128 | 43.0 | 17/91 | 18.7 | 0.0003 |
Location | ||||||||
Bindo | 69 | 21.0 | 16.7–25.8 | 6/52 | 11.5 | 1/39 | 2.6 | – |
Zilé-PK | 259 | 79.0 | 74.1–83.2 | 97/206 | 47.1 | 32/149 | 21.5 | < 0.0001 |