Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Some Selected LGAs in Kaduna State, Northwestern Nigeria

Table 10

Major problems of diseases perceived in communities and households.

Feature	Chikun	Kachia	Kajuru	Soba	Zango	Total (%)
Common diseases in community
Malaria	81.9	98.1	91.8	88.3	88.3	88.6
Measles	41.6	42.6	60.3	61.7	58.5	51.8
Diarrhea/dysentery	40.3	24.5	17.8	21.3	47.3	33.1
Cholera	13.4	12.9	30.1	11.2	48.3	22.6
Yellow fever	8.4	60.6	13.7	28.2	30.2	27.8
Chicken pox	9.7	31.0	41.1	23.9	30.2	24.2
Meningitis	11.8	23.2	6.8	9.0	25.4	16.1
Typhoid	45.4	76.8	47.9	37.8	74.1	56.5
Guinea worm	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Onchocerciasis	0.0	1.3	0.0	3.7	4.4	2.1
Trachoma	0.0	3.2	0.0	3.7	1.0	1.6
Schistosomiasis	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	1.0	0.8
Worm infestations	0.8	6.5	0.0	3.2	13.2	5.2
Scabies	0.4	4.5	1.4	3.2	7.8	3.6
Others	0.4	0.6	1.4	2.1	2.4	1.4
Major childhood diseases
Malaria	70.6	85.2	78.1	76.6	79.0	77.2
Measles	67.2	58.1	64.4	71.3	56.1	63.6
Diarrhea/dysentery	39.5	12.9	13.7	21.3	40.5	28.8
Cholera	8.4	5.2	11.0	13.8	13.8	15.8
Yellow fever	4.2	54.2	23.3	28.7	26.3	25.5
Chicken pox	10.5	25.8	52.1	18.1	27.8	22.6
Meningitis	10.1	32.3	1.4	7.4	17.6	14.6
Typhoid	24.8	24.5	8.2	24.5	46.8	28.5
Guinea worm	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Onchocerciasis	0.0	0.0	1.4	2.7	1.5	1.0
Trachoma	0.4	0.0	0.0	2.7	0.5	0.8
Schistosomiasis	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	0.5	0.6
Worm infestations	0.4	7.1	0.0	2.1	10.7	4.4
Scabies	0.0	1.9	2.7	1.6	9.3	3.1
Others	0.0	1.3	2.7	1.1	2.9	1.4