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. 2014 Aug 6;91(2):240–245. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0072

Table 2.

Area covered with ground-based insecticide spraying during the 3 weeks before and after the aerial spray applications—Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant Counties, Texas, 2012

Total area Area covered with ground-based spraying before aerial applications Area covered with ground-based spraying after aerial applications
Square kilometers Square kilometers (%) Square kilometers (%)
Aerial sprayed areas
 Area 1 1,448 254 (18) 75 (5)
 Area 2 303 41 (14) 160 (53)
 Area 3 1,142 3 (< 1) 21 (2)
 Total 2,893 298 (10)* 256 (9)*
Aerial unsprayed areas
 Collin County 2,266 80 (4) 127 (6)
 Dallas County 756 213 (28) 572 (76)
 Denton County 1,393 31 (2) 10 (1)
 Tarrant County 2,168 10 (1) 29 (1)
 Total 6,583 334 (5) 738 (11)
*

P = 0.3 for the difference in the proportions covered before and after aerial spraying.

P < 0.001 for the difference in the proportions covered before and after aerial spraying.