Prevalence of intestinal helminth infections in Jiangsu Province, eastern China; a cross-sectional survey conducted in 2015

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 2 Prevalence of human intestinal parasite infection according to demographic and socioeconomic factors

Items	No. of positive cases/participants	Positive rate (%)	χ², P value
Sex:
Male	43/14,007	0.31	3.811, 0.051
Female	72/16,146	0.45	3.811, 0.051
Age:
1–10	9/2890	0.31	10.871, 0.092
11–20	2/1372	0.15
21–30	6/2496	0.24
31–40	7/2723	0.26
41–50	17/5385	0.32
51–60	25/6016	0.42
61 or above	49/9271	0.53
Education:
No education	31/5430	0.57	13.749, 0.007
Primary school education	43/9884	0.44
Junior school education	28/9900	0.28
High school education	13/3786	0.34
College or above	0/1153	0.00^a
Occupation:
Preschooler	5/1506	0.33	12.542, 0.084
Student	5/2598	0.19
Worker	8/4313	0.19
Farmer	81/16,847	0.48
Public servant	5/1808	0.28
Retiree	7/1864	0.38
Unemployed	4/1024	0.39
Other	0/193	0.00

^a Statistically significant differences (P < 0.005), compared to positive rate with no education;