Table 2.

Prevalence (%) of light, moderate and heavy intensity of S. mansoni infection

Category	Classification of intensity of S. mansoni infection
	Heavy	Moderate	Light
Overall	6.9 (5.0–9.5)	10.7 (8.3–13.8)	16.0 (13.0–19.5)
Gender
Male	4.8 (2.3–9.9)	8.2 (4.8–14.2)	15.1 (10.2–22.2)
Female	7.7 (5.4–11.1)	11.7 (8.8–15.7)	16.3 (12.8–20.7)
Age group
18–29	9.8 (5.7–16.7)	10.6 (6.3–17.7)	17.9 (12.2–26.2)
30–41	4.5 (2.4–8.6)	9.1 (5.8–14.1)	16.7 (12.2–22.8)
42–53	5.5 (2.5–11.9)	9.1 (5.0–16.5)	15.5 (10.0–24.0)
54–65	13.5 (6.7–27.0)	17.3 (9.5–31.5)	11.5 (5.4–24.7)
>65	0.0	25.0 (9.0–69.6)	8.3 (1.2–59.2)