Table 1 Overall infection rates by age group of the studied populations
Age groups | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Parasite + | (%) | No | Parasite + | (%) | No | Parasite + | (%) | No. | Parasite + | (%) | No | Parasite + | (%) | No | Parasite + | (%) | |
ā¤ 20 | 23 | 4 | 17.3 | 26 | 6 | 23 | 49 | 10 | 20.4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
21-30 | 152 | 42 | 27.6 | 155 | 40 | 25.8 | 307 | 82 | 26.7 | 152 | 2 | 1.3 | 155 | 1 | 0.6 | 307 | 3 | 0.9 |
31-40 | 144 | 30 | 20.8 | 154 | 37 | 24.2 | 298 | 67 | 22.5 | 144 | 1 | 0.7 | 154 | 2 | 1.2 | 298 | 3 | 1 |
41-50 | 60 | 11 | 18.3 | 70 | 15 | 21.4 | 130 | 26 | 20 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 1.4 | 130 | 1 | 0.8 |
> 50 | 2 | - | 0 | 14 | 3 | 21.4 | 16 | 3 | 18.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 381 | 87 | 22.8 | 419 | 101 | 24.1 | 800 | 188 | 23.5 | 381 | 3 | 0.8 | 419 | 4 | 0.9 | 800 | 7 | 0.9 |