TABLE. Prevalence of microcephaly according to the type of larvicide used by municipalities of Recife metropolitan region, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Municipalities / larvicide | Cases | Newborns | Prevalence per 10,000 |
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Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis | |||
Recife | 124 | 15,451 | 80.3 |
Jaboatão | 56 | 6,474 | 86.5 |
Paulista | 22 | 2,756 | 79.8 |
Sub-total | 202 | 24,681 | 81.8 |
Pyriproxyfen | |||
Olinda | 18 | 4,013 | 44.9 |
Cabo de Sto. Agostinho | 13 | 2,279 | 57.0 |
Camaragibe | 14 | 1,572 | 89.1 |
S Lourenço da Mata | 13 | 1,133 | 114.8 |
Igarassu | 7 | 1,090 | 64.2 |
Ipojuca | 14 | 1,066 | 131.3 |
Abreu e Lima | 4 | 1,021 | 39.2 |
Moreno | 5 | 543 | 92.0 |
Itapissuma | 2 | 240 | 83.3 |
Araçoiaba | 1 | 237 | 42.1 |
Ilha de Itamaracá | 2 | 217 | 92.0 |
Sub-total | 93 | 13,412 | 69.3 |
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Total | 295 | 38,093 | 77.4 |
x2 = 1.61; df = 1; p = 0.21