Table 3 Summary of prevalence (95% confidence interval) of four soil transmitted helminths with respect to ecozone and sex of children in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Overall prevalence

(95% CI)

4.0 (1.6–6.4)

8.4 (5.0–11.7)

13.0 (9.1–17.1)

27.4 (21.4–33.4)

Overall prevalence HEE (95% CI)

7.8^a (3.3–12.4)

12.4^a (6.9–18.0)

14.4^a (8.5–20.3)

21.7^a (12.9–30.4)

HEE Male (95% CI)

5.8 (0.3–11.2)

14.9 (6.9–23.0)

17.2 (8.7–25.8)

29.0 (16.1–42.0)

HEE female (95% CI)

10.8 (2.5–19.1)

9.2 (1.4–17.0)

10.8 (2.5–19.0)

11.9 (0.9–22.9)

Overall prevalence LEE (95% CI)

0^b

4.0^b (0.6–7.7))

11.7^a (6.1–17.3)

31.6^a (23.3–40.0)

LEE male (95% CI)

0

3.8 (0–8.7)

17.7 (8.7–26.8)

27.5 (16.2–38.8)

LEE female (95% CI)

0

4.5 (0–10.2)

4.5 (0–10.2)

35.9 (23.4–48.5)