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. 2019 Oct;25(10):1884–1892. doi: 10.3201/eid2510.190619

Table 1. Prevalence of TST positivity by municipality and area affected by 2013 natural disasters, Bohol, Philippines, 2016–2018*.

Municipality†
Total population† of municipality‡
Total no. children enrolled
Total no. TST positive§
Prevalence, % (95% CI)
Heavily affected area 199,653 2,710 160 5.9 (5.0–6.8)
Loon 42,729 550 14 2.5 (1.2–3.9)
Calape 30,146 260 11 4.2 (1.8–6.7)
Maribojoc 20,477 168 11 6.5 (2.8–10.3)
Clarin 20,277 267 16 6.0 (3.1–8.9)
Catigbian 22,675 624 19 3.0 (1.7–4.4)
Inabanga 43,272 537 62 11.5 (8.8–14.3)
Sagbayan 20,077 304 27 8.9 (5.7–12.1)
Less affected area 213,899 2,766 195 7.0 (6.1–8.0)
Ubay 68,482 653 48 7.4 (5.3–9.4)
Bien Unido 25,782 162 17 10.5 (5.7–15.3)
Pres. Carlos P. Garcia 23,269 212 29 13.7 (9.0–18.3)
Anda 16,866 327 21 6.4 (3.8–9.1)
Mabini 28,172 722 51 7.1 (5.2–8.9)
Candijay 29,043 457 27 5.9 (3.7–8.1)
Alicia 22,285 233 2 0.9 (−0.3–2.1)

*TST, tuberculin skin test.
†Heavily affected and less affected areas each comprised 100 clusters/700 households.
‡Population is based on the 2010 national census (7).
§TST positives include all tuberculosis cases, including the 1 child with tuberculosis who was TST negative because of malnutrition.