Research Article
Incidence and Trends of Leishmaniasis and Its Risk Factors in Humera, Western Tigray
Table 1
Trends of leishmaniasis in relation to age and sex.
| Year | Demographic | No. of cases | Percent |
| 2012 | Age in years | 0-4 | 74 | 13.6 | 5 to 14 | 85 | 15.6 | ≥15 | 387 | 70.8 | Total | 546 | 100 | Sex | Female | 74 | 13.6 | Male | 472 | 86.4 | Total | 546 | 100 |
| 2013 | Age | 0-4 | 58 | 11.4 | 5 to 14 | 60 | 11.8 | ≥15 | 392 | 76.9 | Total | 510 | 100 | Sex | Female | 63 | 12.4 | Male | 447 | 87.6 | Total | 510 | 100 |
| 2014 | Age | 0-4 | 29 | 4.7 | 5 to 14 | 104 | 16.9 | ≥15 | 484 | 78.4 | Total | 617 | 100 | Sex | Female | 39 | 6.3 | Male | 578 | 93.7 | Total | 617 | 100 |
| 2015 | Age | 0-4 | 22 | 9.0 | 5 to 14 | 24 | 9.8 | ≥15 | 199 | 81.2 | Total | 245 | 100 | Sex | Female | 27 | 11.0 | Male | 218 | 89.0 | Total | 245 | 100 |
| 2016 | Age | 0-4 | 22 | 9.9 | 5 to 14 | 25 | 11.3 | ≥15 | 175 | 78.8 | Total | 222 | 100 | Sex | Female | 38 | 17.1 | Male | 184 | 82.9 | Total | 222 | 100 |
| 2017 | Age | 0-4 | 2 | 2.2 | 5 to 14 | 6 | 6.5 | ≥15 | 84 | 91.3 | Total | 92 | 100 | Sex | Female | 3 | 3.3 | Male | 89 | 96.7 | Total | 92 | 100 |
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