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Table 2 Trend analysis of the prevalence of pinworm infection stratified by gender and urbanization from 2009 to 2018

From: Is pinworm infection still a public health concern among children in resource-rich regions? Trends in pinworm infection prevalence and associated factors among children in Hualien County, Taiwan: a retrospective cross-sectional study

Group

Total

Pinworm rate (%)

  

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

P-value for trend

Overall

56,197

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.7

4.5

3.2

3.6

4.1

4.4

4.2

 < 0.001*

Gender

 Male

29,388

5.7

5.7

4.9

5.2

5.2

3.6

3.9

4.8

4.8

4.9

0.004*

 Female

26,809

4.7

4.4

4.7

4.2

3.6

2.8

3.2

3.2

4.0

3.5

 < 0.001*

Urbanization

 Urban

38,296

4.2

3.4

3.6

3.6

2.7

2.3

2.1

2.8

3.4

3.4

0.001*

 Suburban

12,915

5.5

6.3

4.6

4.0

5.2

3.2

3.8

3.5

3.7

3.2

 < 0.001*

 Rural

4,986

12.7

14.6

15.2

14.3

15.8

10.7

14.6

15.5

14.7

12.8

0.953