Prevalence of Onchocerciasis and Associated Factors among Adults Aged ≥ 15 Years in Semen Bench District, Bench Maji Zone, Southwest Ethiopia: Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:11.11em"/><col style="width:12.17em"/><col style="width:5.13em"/><col style="width:4.43em"/><col style="width:6.31em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Variable<br/></td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">Category </td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">Total (%)</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Onchocerciasis status</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Positive </td><td class="align_center">Negative </td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="4">Age</td><td class="align_center">15-24</td><td class="align_center">210(38)</td><td class="align_center">3(1.4)</td><td class="align_center">207(98.6)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">25-34</td><td class="align_center">171(30.9)</td><td class="align_center">5(2.9)</td><td class="align_center">166(97.1)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">35-44</td><td class="align_center">90(16.3)</td><td class="align_center">16(17.8)</td><td class="align_center">74(82.2)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">≥45</td><td class="align_center">82(14.8)</td><td class="align_center">11(13.4)</td><td class="align_center">71(86.6)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Sex</td><td class="align_center">Male</td><td class="align_center">272(49.1)</td><td class="align_center">28(10.3)</td><td class="align_center">244(89.7)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Female</td><td class="align_center">281(50.9)</td><td class="align_center">7(2.5)</td><td class="align_center">274(97.5)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Ethnicity</td><td class="align_center">Bench</td><td class="align_center">524(94.8)</td><td class="align_center">35(6.7)</td><td class="align_center">489(93.3)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Others</td><td class="align_center">29(5.2)</td><td class="align_center">0(0)</td><td class="align_center">29(100)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Religion</td><td class="align_center">Protestant</td><td class="align_center">496(89.6)</td><td class="align_center">32(6.5)</td><td class="align_center">464(93.5)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Others</td><td class="align_center">57(10.4)</td><td class="align_center">3(5.3)</td><td class="align_center">54(94.7)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Educational status</td><td class="align_center">Illiterate</td><td class="align_center">186(33.6)</td><td class="align_center">19(10.2)</td><td class="align_center">167(89.8)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Reading &amp; writing &amp; above</td><td class="align_center">367(66.4)</td><td class="align_center">16(4.4)</td><td class="align_center">351(95.6)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Occupation</td><td class="align_center">Farmer</td><td class="align_center">352(63.7)</td><td class="align_center">31(8.8)</td><td class="align_center">321(91.2)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Others</td><td class="align_center">201(36.3)</td><td class="align_center">4(1.9)</td><td class="align_center">197(98.1)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Duration of stay in years</td><td class="align_center">1-20</td><td class="align_center">208(37.8)</td><td class="align_center">7(3.4)</td><td class="align_center">201(96.6)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">21 &amp; +</td><td class="align_center">342(62.2)</td><td class="align_center">27(7.9)</td><td class="align_center">315(92.1)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants in Semen Bench district, Bench Maji zone, Southwest Ethiopia, June 2018 (n=553).</div>

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Table 1: Prevalence of Onchocerciasis and Associated Factors among Adults Aged ≥ 15 Years in Semen Bench District, Bench Maji Zone, Southwest Ethiopia: Community Based Cross-Sectional Study 

Table 1 | Prevalence of Onchocerciasis and Associated Factors among Adults Aged ≥ 15 Years in Semen Bench District, Bench Maji Zone, Southwest Ethiopia: Community Based Cross-Sectional Study 