Table 4.

Summary of changes in the numbers of cases of diarrhoea and worms and parasites between baseline (November 2014–January 2015) and follow-up (June–August 2015), at health centres in Gicumbi and Rulindo

	Gicumbi (intervention district)				Rulindo (control district)
	Baseline	Follow-up	Change	% change	Baseline	Follow-up	Change	% change	p value1
Diarrhoea in adultsa	598	459	−139	−23	795	527	−268	−34
Diarrhoea in childrenb	262	270	+8	+3	445	353	−92	−21
Diarrhoea in infantsc	414	442	+28	+7	709	1064	+355	+50
All diarrhoea	1274	1171	−103	−8	1949	1944	−5	0	0.072
Worms and parasites in adults	3779	1875	−1904	−50	3444	2927	−517	−15
Worms and parasites in childrenb	1216	1194	−22	−2	1558	1429	−129	−8
All worms and parasites	4995	3069	−1926	−39	5002	4356	−646	−13	<0.001

¹Comparison of numbers of cases (all ages studied) between intervention and control districts and between time periods before and during implementation of the intervention

^aAges 20 years and over

^bAges 5–19 years

^cAges 0–4 years