Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infection among Food Handlers in Northwest Iran

Table 1

The number of positive cases of parasites in food production and distribution centers employees in the city of Tabriz according to individual characteristics.

Characteristics	⁢⁢Studied people		⁢⁢Positive cases
	Numbers	%	Numbers	%
Gender
Male	3966	85.99	156	3.38
Female	646	14.01	16	0.345
Age (year)
Under 20	418	9.05	20	0.433
20 to 40	2576	55.85	108	2.34
Over 40	1618	35.1	44	0.954
Education
Under high school diploma	1415	30.68	68	1.75
High school diploma to B.S.	2684	58.2	76	1.64
Over B.S.	513	11.12	28	0.607