Table 1. Summary of the representativeness of study participants.
Group | Total population | Number tested | % of population tested | Female:Male ratio | % (95% CI) of adults who have lived in American Samoa since 2000a |
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Residents of Ili’ili, Vaitogi, and Futiga | 5,877 | 418 | 7.1% | 1.33 | 75.7% (66.6–83.3%) |
Residents of Fagali’i | 247 | 58 | 23.5% | 1.38 | 75.7% (58.8–88.2%) |
Adult workers living in other villages | 37,046b | 602 | 1.6% | 1.56 | 70.7% (66.8–74.3%) |
a Indicates persons who have lived in American Samoa since the PacELF program commenced in 2000
b Estimated total population of American Samoans aged ≥15 years, based on Statistical Yearbook 2014 [24]