Table 3.
Prevalence of STH in different agro-climatic zones, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Tripura, 2015–2016
| State | Agro-climatic zone | No. examined | Ascaris lumbricoides | Trichuris trichiura | Hookworm | Any STH | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. positive | % (95% CI) | No. positive | % (95% CI) | No. positive | % (95% CI) | No. positive | % (95% CI) | |||
| Chhattisgarh | ||||||||||
| Bastar plateau | 465 | 289 | 62.2 (48.9–73.8) | 2 | 0.43 (0.057–3.2) | 162 | 34.8 (20.6–52.4) | 371 | 79.8 (72.2–85.7) | |
| Chhattisgarh plains | 482 | 324 | 67.2 (51.8–79.7) | 0 | – | 22 | 4.6 (1.7–11.8) | 333 | 69.1 (54.3–80.8) | |
| Hilly areas | 495 | 448 | 90.5 (86.4–93.5) | 0 | – | 108 | 21.8 (12.4–35.6) | 453 | 91.5 (87.5–94.3) | |
| Overall | 1,442 | 1,061 | 73.6 (65.4–80.4) | 2 | 0.14 (0.02–1.1) | 292 | 20.3 (13.3–29.6) | 1,157 | 80.2 (73.3–85.7) | |
| Telangana | ||||||||||
| North | 490 | 346 | 70.6 (61.9–78.1) | 0 | – | 39 | 8.0 (4.7–13.1) | 354 | 72.2 (63.3–79.7) | |
| Central | 460 | 229 | 49.8 (39.5–60.1) | 1 | 0.2 (0.03–1.6) | 5 | 1.1 (0.4–2.6) | 231 | 50.2 (39.8–60.6) | |
| South | 493 | 286 | 58.0 (45.5–69.6) | 3 | 0.6 (0.2–1.7) | 12 | 2.4 (1.1–5.3) | 291 | 59.0 (46.6–70.4) | |
| Overall | 1,443 | 861 | 59.7 (52.9–66.1) | 4 | 0.3 (0.1–0.7) | 56 | 3.9 (2.5–6.1) | 876 | 60.7 (53.8–67.2) | |
| Tripura | 428 | 219 | 51.2 (37.1–65.0) | 36 | 8.4 (2.4–25.3) | 24 | 5.6 (1.8–16.3) | 256 | 59.8 (49.0–69.7) | |