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. 2010 Oct 5;83(4):861–867. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0154

Table 3.

Attributes of at-risk population

Defining at-risk population Population Area (km2) Anticipated cases (at any time point) Targeting the most affected 80% of the at-risk population Targeting the easiest to reach 80% of the population
Cases reached (%) Average time taken to reach nearest substantial settlement (> 50,000 people; in minutes) Cases reached (%) Average time taken to reach nearest substantial settlement (> 50,000 people; in minutes)
> 0.5% 6,185,225 17,607 158,011 95.3 96 64.4 50
> 1.0% 3,105,753 14,000 136,087 94.8 131 69.3 81
> 5.0% 733,446 6,328 87,710 90.5 259 79.4 169