Table 2.
Number of episodes and incidence of diarrhea in control and intervention arms by age group of under-five children in rural Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia, from October 2018 through January 2019
| Age group (years) | Control arm (n = 202) | Intervention arm (n = 203) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of diarrhea episodes | PWO | Diarrhea incidence (%) | Number of diarrhea episodes | PWO | Diarrhea incidence (%) | Percentage of reduction (%) | |
| < 1 | 36 | 240 | 15.0 | 73 | 848 | 8.6 | 42.7 |
| 1–2 | 180 | 1328 | 13.6 | 188 | 2192 | 8.6 | 36.8 |
| 3–4 | 230 | 1664 | 13.8 | 20 | 208 | 9.6 | 30.4 |
| < 5 | 446 | 3232 | 13.8 | 281 | 3248 | 8.7 | 37.0 |
PWO person-week observation, Diarrhea incidence = number of diarrhea episodes/100 person- week observation