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Table 3. Temporal distribution of zoonotic diseases recorded in human from 2012–2016 in the study districts.
years | Rabies | TB | Helminthiasis | Schistosomiasis | VL | Total case/year | |||||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
2012 | 78 | 34.4 | 498 | 23.9% | 9875 | 19.3% | 8 | 7.6% | 2 | 29% | 83559 |
2013 | 48 | 21.1% | 459 | 22.0% | 10156 | 19.8% | 23 | 21.9% | 1 | 14% | 239818 |
2014 | 33 | 14.5% | 411 | 19.7% | 9840 | 19.2% | 28 | 26.7% | 2 | 28% | 277528 |
2015 | 32 | 14.1% | 401 | 19.2% | 11276 | 22.0% | 19 | 18.1% | 2 | 28% | 302847 |
2016 | 36 | 15.9% | 324 | 15.5% | 7882 | 15.4% | 27 | 25.7% | 2 | 29% | 278590 |
NB: No. Number of cases for each disease; %: Percent share of the disease in the district/year out of the total cases
Table 4. Number of zoonotic disease cases and incidence proportion per 100,000 population by sex for the reporting period (2012–2016).
Sex | Rabies | TB | Helminthiasis | Schistosomiasis | VL | Total zoonoses | ||||||
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No. | IP | No. | IP | No. | IP | No. | IP | No | IP | No. | IP | |
Male | 99 | 17.9 | 1209 | 218.1 | 28207 | 5089.0 | 74 | 13.4 | 5 | 0.9 | 29598 | 5339.3 |
Female | 128 | 23.4 | 936 | 171.3 | 22985 | 4207.3 | 31 | 5.7 | 2 | 0.4 | 24083 | 4408.1 |
Total | 227 | 2085 | 51192 | 105 | 7 | 53621 | ||||||
p-value | 0.042 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.265 |
NB: No. Number of cases for each disease; IP: Incidence proportion per 100,000 population
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