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Table 4 Intervention effect among diverse age range of children under 5 years old in rural kebeles of Dire Dawa, east Ethiopia, 2019

From: Handwashing effect on diarrheal incidence in children under 5 years old in rural eastern Ethiopia: a cluster randomized controlled trial

Age range

Control arm (n = 202)

Interventional arm (n = 204)

 

Counts of diarrheal episodes

PWO

Incidence of diarrhea

Counts of diarrheal episodes

PWO

Incidence of diarrhea

Reduction in %

< 1 year

36

240

15.0

47

608

7.7

48.67

1 to 2 years

180

1328

13.6

111

1712

6.5

52.21

3 to 4 years

230

1664

13.8

66

944

7.0

49.28

  1. Incidence of diarrhea = counts of diarrheal episodes/100 person weeks of observation, PWO = person weeks of observation