Visceral leishmaniasis outbreaks in Bihar: community-level investigations in the context of elimination of kala-azar as a public health problem

Table 2 Study population characteristics, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) outbreak investigations conducted in Bihar 2017–2019

Characteristic	Population^a		VL^b		PKDL^c
Characteristic	N	%	N	%	N	%
Sex^d
Male	10693	51.8	165	60.7	3	37.5
Female	9964	48.2	107	39.3	5	62.5
Age group^e
< 10	5297	25.7	55	20.2	2	25.0
10–19	4753	23.0	79	29.0	2	25.0
20–34	4828	23.4	52	19.1	2	25.0
35–49	3060	14.8	44	16.2	1	12.5
≥ 50	2699	13.1	42	15.4	1	12.5
Lives in SC/ST tola^f
Yes	5006	24.2	217	79.8	4	50.0
No	15664	75.8	55	20.2	4	50.0

^aTotal N = 20,670
^bFour subjects with VL prior to 2012 excluded from VL analyses
^cIncludes four VL patients with onset in 2012 (3) and 2014 (1) who are also listed in VL column. Four others with onset prior to 2012 are not included in VL column
^dSex data missing for 13 individuals
^eAge data missing for 33 individuals
^fSC/ST, Scheduled caste/scheduled tribe; tola classification presented in detail in Additional file 2: Table S1

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