Table 1 Characteristics of the study population
Region | District | Number of rounds of MDA received | Numbers surveyeda | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total N (%) | Sex, | Age (years) | |||||||
Female | Male | 6Â | 7 | 8 | 9Â | ||||
Savanes | Kpendjal | 8 | 192 | 82 (42.7) | 110 (57.3) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.6) | 66 (34.4) | 123 (64.1) |
Cinkassé | 9 | 96 | 55 (57.3) | 41 (42.7) | 4 (4.2) | 23 (24.0) | 40 (41.7) | 29 (30.2) | |
Tone | 9 | 288 | 126 (43.8) | 162 (56.3) | 5 (1.7) | 60 (20.8) | 106 (36.8) | 117 (40.6) | |
Kara | Doufelgou | 8 | 302 | 131 (43.4) | 171 (56.6) | 2 (0.7) | 39 (12.9) | 117 (38.7) | 144 (47.7) |
Binah | 8 | 264 | 123 (46.6) | 141 (53.4) | 7 (2.7) | 37 (14.0) | 85 (69.1) | 135 (51.1) | |
Kozah | 6 | 528 | 258 (48.9) | 270 (51.1) | 23 (4.4) | 82 (15.5) | 173 (32.8) | 250 (47.3) | |
Plateaux | Amou | 7 | 416 | 205 (49.3) | 211 (50.7) | 6 (1.4) | 51 (12.3) | 111 (26.7) | 248 (59.6) |
Haho | 7 | 296 | 113 (38.2) | 183 (61.8) | 1 (0.3) | 62 (20.9) | 118 (39.9) | 115 (38.9) | |
Total for endemic districts | Â | Â | 2382 | 1093 (45.9) | 1289 (54.1) | 48 (2.0) | 357 (15.0) | 816 (34.3) | 1161 (48.7) |
Bassar (control) | Â | Not applicable | 272 | 126 (46.3) | 146 (53.7) | 18 (6.6) | 55 (20.2) | 101 (37.1) | 98 (36.0) |
Total surveyed | 2654 | 1219 (45.9) | 1435 (54.1) | 66 (2.5) | 412 (15.5) | 917 (34.6) | 1259 (47.4) | ||