Table 5 Prevalence and intensity of urogenital schistosomiasis in relation to LGAs, category of S. haematobium infection and parental occupation of respondents

Safana

243

59

9.15

1 141 [19.34(-2.03-40.71)]

Dutsin-Ma

402

138

21.39

4 792 [34.72(19.88-50.08)]

  P value

0.0073

Infection category

 Light (≤ 50 eggs/10ml)

175

175

27.13

1 456 [8.32(6.82-9.91)]

 Heavy (≥50 eggs/10ml)

22

22

3.41

4 477 [203.5(121.14-285.86)]

Father

 White Collar Jobs

274

71

11.01

1 270 [17.89(0.19-36.09)]

 Farming Other brown

113

32

4.96

1 192 [37.25(0.62-73.89)]

 Collar jobs

249

94

14.57

3 471 [36.93(18.41-55.44)]

 Late (Dead)

6

0

00.00

0

 Retiree

3

0

00.00

0

  P value

0.3516

Mother

 White Collar Jobs

66

12

1.86

248 [20.67(1.90-39.43]

 Farming

1

0

00.00

0

 Other Brown Collar Jobs

338

121

18.75

5 007 [41.38(22.13-61.32)]

 Late (Dead)

2

1

00.16

6 (6)

 House wifery

238

63

9.77

672 [10.67(4.53-16.81)]

  P value

0.0021

Total

645

197

30.54

5 933 [30.27(17.97-42.57)]