Table 1.
Characteristics of the survey population, population-based trachoma surveys, Tanzania, 2012–2014.
| Region | District | Year of survey | Households sampled, n | Children aged 1–9 years |
People aged 15 years and older |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Examined, n | Proportion male, % | Examined, n | Proportion male, % | ||||
| Arusha | Arumeru District Council | 2012 | 754 | 1292 | 50.2 | 1964 | 48.7 |
| Arusha | Karatu District Council | 2012 | 749 | 1499 | 49.8 | 2051 | 49.3 |
| Iringa | Mufindi District Council | 2014 | 778 | 1772 | 52.1 | 2048 | 45.0 |
| Kagera | Muleba District Council | 2014 | 730 | 1669 | 49.6 | 2057 | 45.6 |
| Kagera | Ngara District Council | 2014 | 726 | 1663 | 48.5 | 1981 | 43.7 |
| Katavi | Nsimbo District Council | 2014 | 724 | 1731 | 49.8 | 2178 | 46.1 |
| Kilimanjaro | Moshi District Council | 2014 | 743 | 1379 | 49.8 | 2112 | 41.4 |
| Kilimanjaro | Mwanga District Council | 2014 | 724 | 1226 | 48.4 | 2105 | 42.5 |
| Kilimanjaro | Same District Council | 2014 | 733 | 1201 | 51.5 | 2128 | 42.9 |
| Kilimanjaro | Siha District Council | 2013 | 857 | 1181 | 48.6 | 2198 | 45.0 |
| Manyara | Babati District Council | 2012 | 753 | 1285 | 49.7 | 2178 | 48.0 |
| Manyara | Mbulu District Council | 2012 | 775 | 1396 | 50.6 | 1821 | 46.5 |
| Mara | Bunda District Council | 2014 | 724 | 1513 | 50.1 | 2203 | 43.2 |
| Mara | Serengeti District Council | 2012 | 823 | 1191 | 50.9 | 2269 | 45.9 |
| Mbeya | Chunya District Council | 2014 | 735 | 1200 | 47.0 | 2164 | 43.5 |
| Mtwara | Mtwara Municipal Council | 2014 | 726 | 1263 | 48.3 | 2263 | 36.8 |
| Mwanza | Misungwi District Council | 2013 | 726 | 1282 | 50.6 | 2170 | 44.0 |
| Mwanza | Sengerema District Council | 2014 | 722 | 1389 | 48.3 | 2294 | 45.7 |
| Njombe | Makete District Council | 2014 | 813 | 1261 | 51.0 | 1965 | 43.5 |
| Njombe | Njombe District Council | 2014 | 756 | 1501 | 50.0 | 1948 | 45.7 |
| Njombe | Wanging’ombe District Council | 2014 | 777 | 1229 | 49.0 | 1990 | 45.6 |
| Pwani | Kibaha District Council | 2013 | 769 | 1561 | 50.9 | 2096 | 41.4 |
| Ruvuma | Mbinga District Council | 2014 | 730 | 1353 | 50.0 | 2115 | 46.9 |
| Ruvuma | Nyasa District Council | 2014 | 729 | 1324 | 48.7 | 2030 | 42.0 |
| Simiyu | Bariadi District Council | 2012 | 710 | 1338 | 49.1 | 2207 | 47.0 |
| Simiyu | Busega District Council | 2014 | 724 | 1729 | 50.2 | 2253 | 43.5 |
| Tabora | Urambo District Council | 2012 | 738 | 1743 | 51.2 | 2179 | 51.1 |
| Tabora | Uyui District Council | 2012 | 742 | 1152 | 51.8 | 2268 | 52.9 |
| Tanga | Korogwe District Council | 2012 | 733 | 1439 | 52.3 | 1952 | 46.7 |
| Tanga | Muheza District Council | 2014 | 725 | 1622 | 49.0 | 2048 | 40.0 |
| Tanga | Pangani District Council | 2014 | 723 | 1202 | 53.5 | 2020 | 37.8 |
| Overall | 23,171 | 43,586 | 50.0 | 65,255 | 44.8 | ||