Table 1.

Number of individuals with STH infections, and the distribution of intensity among those infected in Mindanao

STH species	Total number of individuals	Age group (in years)
		Under 5	5–19	20 and older
A. lumbricoides a
With infection, n	2447	294	1249	904
Mean infection intensity (95% CI)	8450.8 (7574.1–9327.5)	15,163.9 (11,142.9–19,184.9)	9118.8 (7874.2–10,363.3)	5344.6 (4405.6–6283.7)
Light intensity, n (%)	1704 (69.6)	170 (57.8)	830 (66.5)	704 (77.9)
Moderate intensity, n (%)	651 (26.6)	99 (33.7)	365 (29.2)	187 (20.7)
High intensity, n (%)	92 (3.8)	25 (8.5)	54 (4.3)	12 (1.4)
T. trichiura b
With infection, n	2122	164	1064	894
Mean infection intensity (95% CI)	506.7 (384.9–628.5)	525.1 (332.5–717.6)	540.1 (380.2–699.9)	465.5 (250.2–680.8)
Light intensity, n (%)	1935 (91.2)	143 (87.2)	955 (89.7)	837 (93.6)
Moderate intensity, n (%)	176 (8.3)	21 (12.8)	104 (9.8)	51 (5.7)
High intensity, n (%)	11 (0.5)	0	5 (0.5)	6 (0.7)
Hookwormc
With infection, n	1503	124	418	961
Mean infection intensity (95% CI)	275.0 (227.3–322.8)	368.4 (162.8–574.1)	243.5 (135.3–351.6)	276.7 (224.8–328.6)
Light intensity, n (%)	1473 (98.0)	121 (97.6)	412 (98.6)	940 (97.8)
Moderate intensity, n (%)	29 (1.3)	1 (0.8)	2 (0.5)	17 (1.8)
High intensity, n (%)	10 (0.7)	2 (1.6)	4 (0.9)	4 (0.4)

^aLight infection intensity: 1–4999 epg; moderate: 5000–49,999 epg; high: ≥ 50,000 epg [20]

^bLight infection intensity: 1–999 epg; moderate: 1000–9999 epg; high: ≥ 10,000 epg [20]

^cLight infection intensity: 1–1999 epg; moderate: 2000–3999 epg; high: ≥ 4000 epg [20]