Table 2 Arithmetic mean egg count (EPG) (95% CI) in school-age children in 2016 in Sierra Leone

Overall

3632

14.41 (4.60–29.43)

3.38 (0.41–10.88)

45.53 (36.38–55.24)

 Bo

294

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.08 (0–0.24)

15.92 (6.59–25.25)

0.002

0.001

0.000

 Bombali

244

58.72 (0–150.57)

3.54 (0–8.17)

163.87 (59.20–268.53)

0.000

NS

0.001

 Bonthe

251

1.15 (0.16–2.14)

3.06 (0–7.77)

67.60 (43.55–91.66)

 Kailahun

298

1.61 (0.39–2.83)

32.05 (0–94.82)

18.52 (3.63–33.42)

NS

0.001

0.001

 Kambia

250

7.20 (3.71–10.69)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.48 (0–1.05)

 Kenema

301

2.07 (0–6.15)

0.24 (0–0.71)

3.83 (1.80–5.85)

NS

NS

0.000

 Koinadugu

300

6.96 (3.62–10.30)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

35.28 (20.03–50.53)

0.000

0.002

0.002

 Kono

242

2.18 (0.83–3.54)

0.79 (0–1.71)

51.37 (0.29–102.46)

0.000

NS

0.000

 Moyamba

252

6.00 (0.54–11.46)

0.19 (0–0.46)

45.81 (28.57–63.05)

 Port Loko

249

9.16 (4.32–13.99)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

6.75 (1.63–11.87)

 Pujehun

252

23.05 (10.02–36.08)

0.19 (0–0.57)

27.43 (17.54–37.31)

 Tonkolili

301

1.59 (0.35–2.84)

2.15 (0–5.93)

152.45 (99.99–204.91)

NS

0.038

0.000

 WA-R

201

0.36 (0–1.06)

0.12 (0–0.36)

25.31 (12.58–38.05)

 WA-U

197

111.84 (0–327.57)

0.24 (0–0.72)

14.01 (0–31.05)

 Male

1844

6.33 (2.45–10.20)

6.15 (0–16.30)

62.38 (48.55–76.22)

 Female

1788

22.74 (0–49.27)

0.54 (0–1.19)

28.12 (14.99–41.25)

Overall

1980

9.4 (0.0–20.7)

5.7 (0.0–15.2)

60.7 (43.8–77.6)

NS

0.001

0.000

 Male

1009

5.8 (0.0–12.3)

10.4 (0.0–29.0)

85.9 (61.5–110.3) ^a

NS

NS

0.000

 Female

971

13.1 (0.0–35.1)

0.8 (0.0–2.0)

34.6 (11.3–57.9) ^a

NS

0.041

NS