Table 1 Scabies prevalence, severity, and diagnostic classification by municipality and age group
From: Prevalence of scabies and impetigo in school-age children in Timor-Leste
Study sample, n | Scabies cases and unweighted prevalence, n (%) | AOR (95% CI) | Severity | Diagnostic classification | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very mild n (%) | Mild n (%) | Moderate n (%) | Severe n (%) | Clinical scabies B3 n (%) | Suspected scabies C1 n (%) | Suspected scabies C2 n (%) | ||||
Sex | ||||||||||
Male | 442 | 156 (35.3) | Ref. | 5 (3.2) | 107 (68.6) | 39 (25.0) | 5 (3.2) | 92 (59.0) | 23 (14.7) | 41 (26.3) |
Female | 514 | 167 (32.5) | 0.9 (0.7–1.2) | 5 (3.0) | 111 (66.5) | 48 (28.7) | 3 (1.8) | 91 (54.5) | 32 (19.2) | 44 (26.3) |
Total n | 956 | |||||||||
Age (years) | ||||||||||
0–4 | 25 | 13 (52.0) | 1.1 (0.5–2.7) | 0 | 7 (53.8) | 6 (46.2) | 0 | 9 (69.2) | 2 (15.4) | 2 (15.4) |
5–9 | 445 | 170 (38.2) | Ref. | 7 (4.1) | 106 (46.4) | 53 (31.2) | 4 (2.4) | 99 (58.2) | 31 (18.2) | 40 (23.5) |
10–14 | 487 | 140 (28.7) | 0.7* (0.5–0.9) | 3 (2.1) | 104 (74.3) | 29 (20.7) | 4 (2.9) | 76 (54.3) | 21 (15.0) | 43 (30.7) |
15–18 | 8 | 1 (12.5) | 0.3 (0.0–2.8) | 0 | 1 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (100) | 0 |
Total n | 965 | |||||||||
Municipality | ||||||||||
Dili | 497 | 140 (28.2) | Ref. | 3 (2.1) | 91 (65.0) | 40 (28.6) | 6 (4.3) | 80 (57.1) | 20 (14.3) | 40 (28.6) |
Ermera | 363 | 110 (30.3) | 1.1 (0.5–2.3) | 5 (4.5) | 74 (67.3) | 31 (28.2) | 0 | 58 (52.7) | 21 (19.1) | 31 (28.2) |
Manufahi | 183 | 98 (53.6) | 3.5* (1.6–8.0) | 5 (5.1) | 66 (67.3) | 24 (24.5) | 3 (3.1) | 60 (61.2) | 15 (15.3) | 23 (23.5) |
Total | 1043 | 348 (33.4) | 13 (3.7) | 231 (66.4) | 95 (27.3) | 9 (2.6) | 198 (56.9) | 56 (16.1) | 94 (27.0) | |