Table 3.
Fecal coliform and fecal streptococci counts per 100 ml of stored drinking water samples in households with under-five children with and without diarrhea
| Fecal coliform counts per 100 ml sample of stored drinking water | |||||||
| 0 n (%) | 1–9 n (%) | 10–99 n (%) | 100–999 n (%) | ≥ 1000 n (%) | Total n (%) | p | |
| Water samples | 0.454 | ||||||
| U5 children with diarrhea (n = 68) | 9 (13.2) | 11 (16.2) | 32 (47.1) | 9 (13.2) | 7 (10.3) | 59 (86.8) | |
| U5 children without diarrhea (n = 67) | 12 (17.9) | 15 (22.4) | 30 (44.8) | 6 (9.0) | 4 (6.0) | 55 (82.1) | |
| Risk category* | Conformed* | Low risk | Medium risk | High risk | Very high risk | ||
| p value (p) | 0.970 | 0.488 | 0.310 | 0.264 | |||
| Fecal streptococci counts per 100 ml sample of stored drinking water | |||||||
| 0 n (%) | 1–9 n (%) | 10–99 n (%) | 100–999 n (%) | ≥ 1000 n (%) | Total n (%) | p | |
| Water samples | 0.417 | ||||||
| U5 children with diarrhea (n = 68) | 39 (57.4) | 1 (1.5) | 23 (33.8) | 3 (4.4) | 2 (2.9) | 29 (42.7) | |
| U5 children without diarrhea (n = 67) | 43 (64.2) | 8 (11.9) | 11 (16.4) | 5 (7.5) | 0 (0.0) | 24 (35.8) | |
| Risk category | Conformed* | Low risk | Medium risk | High risk | Very high risk | ||
| p value | 0.036 | 0.048 | 0.586 | 0.143 | |||
*Conforming with WHO standards (WHO 2011)