Table 2.

Reported personal experience with GWD of 143 individual respondents

Individual respondents	Number	Number ever had GWD	Average years since Last infection of GWD (range)	Average number of GWs in lifetime (range)	Average number of times GW emerged during lifetime (range)	Average no. of weeks incapacitated per GW event (range)
All	143	133	11.9 (2–60)	7.3 (1–75)	3.9 (1–30)	5.8 (1–52)
Male	74	70	13.9 (1–60)	7.2 (1–40)	4 (1–20)	6.5 (1–52)
16–25	22	22	9.1 (2.5–22)	2.9 (1–6)	1.8 (1–3)	4.1 (1–12)
26–50	22	21	12.1 (3–30)	8 (1–35)	4.3 (1–15)	7.4 (0.5–52)
51+	30	27	19.3 (1–60)	9.4 (1–40)	5.6 (1–20)	9 (1–52)
Female	69	63	9.7 (3–45)	7.7 (1–75)	3.9 (1–30)	4.5 (1–20)
16–25	16	15	6.1 (3–10)	6.7 (1–30)	2.9 (1–10)	4.4 (1–12)
26–50	33	29	11.6 (3–40)	7.7 (1–75)	4 (1–30)	5 (2.5–20)
51+	20	19	9.6 (2–45)	7.6 (1–35)	4.1 (1–10)	4 (1–8)

GW = guinea worm; GWD = GW disease.