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Table 4 Type of damage: percentage of assessment households responding to LLIN survey question “What was the principle cause of the damage to this LLIN?” at 12 and 18 months assessment visits

From: Durability assessment results suggest a serviceable life of two, rather than three, years for the current long-lasting insecticidal (mosquito) net (LLIN) intervention in Benin

 

Kessounou South

Malanville North

Allada South

Kandi North

Distance to water for washing nets

< 0.05 km

> 5.0 km

Assessment visit

T12

T18

T12

T18

T12

T18

T12

T18

n of nets found with any hole (s)

219

210

294

260

178

133

241

208

n (%) of nets with ‘rip in the fabric’

158 (72)

142 (68)

279 (95)

248 (95)

133 (75)

114 (86)

219 (91)

178 (86)

CI 95%

65.87-77.66

61.02-73.58

91.75-96.88

92.11-97.34

67.86-80.54

78.76-90.66

86.57-93.89

80.16-89.71

n (%) of nets with ‘rip in the seam’

4 (2)

5 (2)

3 (1)

5 (2)

10 (6)

3 (2)

9 (4)

16 (8)

CI 95%

00.71-04.60

01.02-05.45

00.35-02.96

00.82-04.42

03.08-10.03

00.77-06.42

01.98-06.94

04.79-12.13

n (%) of nets with ‘burn holes’

52 (24)

62 (29)

9 (3)

6 (2)

26 (14)

11 (8)

12 (5)

9 (4)

CI 95%

18.59-29.80

23.77-36.02

01.62-05.71

01.06-04.94

10.17-20.54

04.68-14.20

02.87-08.50

02.29-08.02

n (%) of nets chewing by rodent

5 (2)

2 (1)

3 (1)

1 (1)

9 (5)

5 (4)

1 (0)

5 (2)

CI 95%

00.98-05.23

00.26-03.41

00.35-02.96

00.07-02.15

02.68-09.33

01.62-08.50

00.07-02.31

01.03-05.50

  1. CI=Confidence Interval.