Table 2 Prevalence (%) of light, moderate and heavy intensity of S. mansoni infection

Overall

6.9 (5.0–9.5)

10.7 (8.3–13.8)

16.0 (13.0–19.5)

 Male

4.8 (2.3–9.9)

8.2 (4.8–14.2)

15.1 (10.2–22.2)

 Female

7.7 (5.4–11.1)

11.7 (8.8–15.7)

16.3 (12.8–20.7)

 18–29

9.8 (5.7–16.7)

10.6 (6.3–17.7)

17.9 (12.2–26.2)

 30–41

4.5 (2.4–8.6)

9.1 (5.8–14.1)

16.7 (12.2–22.8)

 42–53

5.5 (2.5–11.9)

9.1 (5.0–16.5)

15.5 (10.0–24.0)

 54–65

13.5 (6.7–27.0)

17.3 (9.5–31.5)

11.5 (5.4–24.7)

 >65

0.0

25.0 (9.0–69.6)

8.3 (1.2–59.2)