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Table 3 Impetigo prevalence and severity by municipality and age group

From: Prevalence of scabies and impetigo in school-age children in Timor-Leste

 

Study sample

n

Impetigo cases and unweighted prevalence

n (%)

AOR

(95% CI)

Severity

Very mild

n (%)

Mild

n (%)

Moderate

n (%)

Severe

n (%)

Sex

 Male

442

65 (14.7)

Ref

59 (90.8)

5 (7.7)

1 (1.5)

0

 Female

514

56 (10.9)

0.7 (0.5–1.1)

53 (94.6)

3 (5.4)

0

0

 Total

956

      

Age (years)

 0–4

25

7 (28.0)

2.0 (0.8–5.1)

6 (85.7)

1 (14.3)

0

0

 5–9

445

58 (13.0)

Ref

54 (93.1)

3 (5.2)

1 (1.7)

0

 10–14

487

56 (11.5)

0.9 (0.6–1.4)

52 (92.9)

4 (7.1)

0

0

 15–18

8

1 (12.5)

0.8 (0.1–6.9)

1 (100)

0

0

0

 Total

965

      

Municipality

 Dili

497

43 (8.7)

Ref

40 (93.0)

3 (7.0)

0

0

 Ermera

363

54 (14.9)

1.9* (1.2–3.0)

53 (98.1)

1 (1.9)

0

0

 Manufahi

183

33 (18.0)

2.2* (1.3–3.7)

28 (84.8)

4 (12.1)

1 (3.0)

0

 Total

1043

130 (12.5)

 

121 (93.1)

8 (6.2)

1 (0.8)

0

  1. AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, ref reference category, *significance at p < 0.05