Table 2 Variation in prevalence of schistosome infections across Regions/City Administrations, sex and age
From: National mapping of soil-transmitted helminth and schistosome infections in Ethiopia
| Â | Schistosoma mansoni (%) | Schistosoma haematobium (%) | Any SCH (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Any intensity | MHI | n | Any intensity | MHI | n | Any infection | MHI | |
Region/City Administration | |||||||||
 Addis Ababa | 2718 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1990 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1990 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
 Afar | 2377 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1740 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1740 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
 Amhara | 25,246 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 18,488 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 18,488 | 3.8 | 1.5 |
 Benishangul-Gumuz | 3109 | 14.9* | 5.2 | 2277 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 2277 | 16.9 | 4.0 |
 Dire Dawa | 1701 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 1245 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1245 | 7.4 | 3.3 |
 Gambela | 2977 | 9.2** | 2.1 | 2180 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 2180 | 12.9 | 3.5 |
 Harari | 1804 | 6.0 | 2.9 | 1321 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1321 | 6.8 | 3.3 |
 Oromia | 62,520 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 45,785 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45,785 | 2.0 | 0.9 |
 SNNPR | 37,544 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 27,495 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27,495 | 3.0 | 1.4 |
 Somali | 966 | 5.9 | 1.3 | 707 | 18.5 | 11.9 | 707 | 21.8 | 13.2 |
 Tigray | 12,276 | 10.8* | 3.8 | 8990 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8990 | 11.0 | 3.9 |
Sex | |||||||||
 Sex 0 (male) | 76,385 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 56,061 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 56,061 | 3.9 | 1.5 |
 Sex 1 (female) | 76,853 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 56,156 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 56,156 | 4.1 | 1.6 |
Age (in years) | |||||||||
 5–9 | 1201 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 932 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 932 | 3.0 | 0.9 |
 10 | 23,962 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 17,782 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 17,782 | 3.4 | 1.3 |
 11 | 38,332 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 28,201 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 28,201 | 3.3 | 1.4 |
 12 | 45,447 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 32,977 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 32,977 | 4.3 | 1.7 |
 13 | 27,693 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 20,203 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 20,203 | 4.4 | 1.6 |
 14 | 15,342 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 11,171 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 11,171 | 4.7 | 1.8 |
 15 | 1261 | 5.2 | 2.1 | 952 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 952 | 7.7 | 4.1 |
Total | 153,238 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 112,218 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 112,218 | 4.0 | 1.6 |