Table 2 Weighted prevalence of intestinal helminth infections detected in stool samples using formalin-ethyl acetate concentration technique among Lao adults stratified by gender, age group, living area, and region

21.6

20.9–22.2

18.8

18.2–19.4

4.8

4.4–5.1

3.3

3.1–3.6

2.3

2.1–2.4

1.5

1.3–1.7

20.4

19.5–21.3

18.7

17.8–19.6

3.0

2.7–3.4

2.3

2.0–2.6

2.7

2.4–2.9

1.3

1.3–1.7

23.2

22.1–24.2

18.9

17.9–19.9

7.1

6.5–7.8

4.8

4.3–5.3

1.8

1.5–2.0

1.7

1.4–1.6

25.6

23.6–27.8

16.8

14.8–18.9

3.4

2.6–4.3

3.8

3.0–4.8

4.8

4.2–5.6

2.1

1.2–3.5

23.3

22.1–24.5

17.3

16.2–18.4

3.4

3.0–3.8

3.5

3.1–4.0

2.3

2.0–2.7

1.5

1.3–1.8

18.2

17.2–19.2

21.5

20.1–22.3

6.0

5.4–6.7

3.0

2.6–3.5

1.3

1.2–1.5

1.3

1.1–1.7

23.0

20.7–25.6

17.6

15.7–19.7

8.5

6.9–10.5

2.4

1.5–3.8

2.6

2.4–2.8

0.9

0.7–1.3

17.3

15.6–19.1

21.2

19.0–24.4

3.4

2.6–4.3

4.5

3.8–5.4

0.5

0.3–0.7

1.3

0.7–2.4

18.5

17.8–19.3

21.8

21.1–22.6

3.8

3.3–4.3

3.1

2.8–3.5

1.1

1.0–1.3

0.7

0.5–1.0

31.3

30.2–32.4

9.0

8.3–9.7

5.1

4.7–5.5

4.0

3.5–4.5

5.9

5.5–6.4

3.9

3.6–4.2

16.0

15.1–16.9

13.2

12.3–14.1

3.6

3.1–4.1

2.9

2.5–3.4

1.3

1.1–1.6

1.2

0.9–1.5

27.9

27.1–28.7

25.1

24.3–25.9

6.1

5.6–6.6

3.8

3.5–4.2

3.3

3.1–3.6

1.8

1.6–2.0

26.3

25.4–27.3

3.1

2.7–3.6

3.4

3.1–3.9

4.2

3.7–4.7

7.3

6.8–7.9

3.1

2.8–3.4

20.3

19.4–21.2

21.3

20.4–22.2

4.5

4.0–5.0

3.2

2.8–3.6

0.9

0.7–1.1

1.2

0.9–1.6

20.5

19.5–21.5

28.8

27.7–29.8

4.8

4.4–5.1

2.8

2.4–3.3

1.3

1.2–1.4

0.5

0.3–0.9