Table 1 Variation in prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections across regions/city administrations, sex and age
From: National mapping of soil-transmitted helminth and schistosome infections in Ethiopia
| Â | n | Any STH (%) | A. lumbricoides (%) | T. trichiura (%) | Hookworm (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Any intensity | MHI | Any intensity | MHI | Any infection | MHI | Any infection | MHI | ||
Region/City Administration | |||||||||
 Addis Ababa | 2718 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
 Afar | 2377 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
 Amhara | 25,246 | 14.3 | 0.5 | 8.0*** | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 6.5*** | 0.0 |
 Benishangul-Gumuz | 3109 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 9.3*** | 0.0 |
 Dire Dawa | 1701 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
 Gambela | 2977 | 58.1 | 0.6 | 45.2*** | 0.6 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 21.5*** | 0.1 |
 Harari | 1804 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.1** | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.8* | 0.0 |
 Oromia | 62,520 | 16.7 | 1.2 | 9.3*** | 0.9 | 4.6** | 0.2 | 5.6*** | 0.2 |
 SNNPR | 37,544 | 42.4 | 5.7 | 25.9*** | 5.2 | 15.3*** | 0.3 | 13.5*** | 0.2 |
 Somali | 966 | 38.0 | 0.0 | 36.4*** | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 5.5*** | 0.0 |
 Tigray | 12,276 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.3*** | 0.0 |
Sex | |||||||||
 Sex 0 (male) | 76,385 | 21.6 | 1.9 | 12.8 | 1.7 | 5.9 | 0.1 | 7.6 | 0.1 |
 Sex 1 (female) | 76,853 | 21.8 | 2.0 | 12.8 | 1.8 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 7.6 | 0.1 |
Age (in years) | |||||||||
 5–9 | 1201 | 21.8 | 0.3 | 12.8 | 0.2 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 8.5 | 0.1 |
 10 | 23,962 | 21.2 | 1.7 | 11.8 | 1.4 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 8.0 | 0.2 |
 11 | 38,332 | 21.1 | 1.8 | 12.1 | 1.6 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 7.4 | 0.1 |
 12 | 45,447 | 21.8 | 2.3 | 13.0 | 2.0 | 6.2 | 0.1 | 7.3 | 0.1 |
 13 | 27,693 | 22.3 | 2.2 | 13.5 | 1.9 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 7.7 | 0.1 |
 14 | 15,342 | 22.0 | 1.6 | 13.4 | 1.4 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 8.1 | 0.1 |
 15 | 1261 | 30.3 | 2.6 | 22.7 | 2.4 | 7.9 | 0.2 | 8.3 | 0.1 |
Total | 153,238 | 21.7 | 2.0 | 12.8 | 1.7 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 7.6 | 0.1 |