Table 1. Demographic and Infection Intensity Characteristics of the Screened Subjects in Binyang County.
| Feature | Screening objects | No.infection (%) | Geometric mean epg among infection persons (SD) | Infection intensity (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild | Moderate | Heavy | ||||
| Overall | 2521 | 728(28.9) | 381(7) | 482(66.2) | 207(28.4) | 39(5.4) |
| Co-infection | ||||||
| With trichurid | 728 | 2(0.3) | ||||
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 1353 | 590(43.6) | 484(7) | 369(62.5) | 184(31.2) | 37(6.3) |
| Female | 1168 | 138(11.8) | 137(6) | 113(81.9) | 23(16.7) | 2(1.4) |
| Age group | ||||||
| <15 | 625 | 14(2.2) | 72(4) | 13(92.9) | 1(7.1) | 0(0.0) |
| 15–29 | 158 | 34(21.5) | 266(7) | 23(67.6) | 11(32.4) | 0(0.0) |
| 30–44 | 464 | 189(40.7) | 379(7) | 125(66.1) | 56(29.6) | 8(4.2) |
| 45–59 | 655 | 296(45.2) | 466(7) | 184(62.2) | 90(30.4) | 22(7.4) |
| >59 | 565 | 192(34.0) | 350(7) | 134(69.8) | 49(25.5) | 9(4.7) |
| Ocupation | ||||||
| Student and children | 621 | 13(2.1) | 78(4) | 12(92.3) | 1(7.7) | 0(0.0) |
| Farmer | 1651 | 628(38.0) | 395(7) | 412(65.6) | 182(29.0) | 34(5.4) |
| Others | 249 | 87(34.9) | 375(7) | 58(66.7) | 24(27.6) | 5(5.7) |
| Education | ||||||
| Illiteracy and preschool | 29 | 6(20.7) | 135(3) | 6(100.0) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) |
| Primary school | 527 | 175(33.2) | 401(7) | 118(67.4) | 46(26.3) | 11(6.3) |
| Junior high school | 1050 | 434(41.3) | 419(7) | 274(63.1) | 136(31.3) | 24(5.5) |
| Senior high school | 128 | 56(43.8) | 420(6) | 38(67.9) | 15(26.8) | 3(5.4) |
| University | 68 | 31(45.6) | 307(6) | 22(71.0) | 8(25.8) | 1(3.2) |
Note: *indicates significant differences in the infection proportion.
# indicates significant differences between mild-intensity infection and high-intensity infection (moderate and heavy infection).