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Table 1 Frequency distribution of variables relating of localities that underwent mass drug administration to combat schistosomiasis, in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, from 2011 to 2014

From: Effectiveness of mass treatment of Schistosoma mansoni infection in socially vulnerable areas of a state in northeastern Brazil, 2011–2014

Variable

Number of localities

%

Healthcare administration regions

 I

25

21.2

 II

19

16.1

 III

29

24.6

 V

11

9.3

 XII

34

28.8

Municipalities

 Água Preta

1

0.8

 Aliança

15

12.7

 Araçoiaba

5

4.2

 Belém de Maria

5

4.2

 Bom Conselho

10

8.5

 Bom Jardim

2

1.7

 Cabo de Santo Agostinho

5

4.2

 Catende

2

1.7

 Correntes

1

0.8

 Cortês

3

2.5

 Escada

2

1.7

 Gameleira

4

3.4

 Goiana

4

3.4

 Ipojuca

9

7.6

 Itambé

1

0.8

 Itaquitinga

3

2.5

 Jaboatão dos Guararapes

3

2.5

 Jaqueira

4

3.4

 João Alfredo

1

0.8

 Lagoa do Carro

1

0.8

 Machados

2

1.7

 Maraial

3

2.5

 São Benedito do Sul

4

3.4

 São Lourenço da Mata

2

1.7

 São Vicente Ferrer

1

0.8

 Tamandaré

1

0.8

 Timbaúba

10

8.5

 Tracunhaém

2

1.7

 Vicência

11

9.3

 Vitória de Santo Antão

1

0.8

Number of rounds completed

 1

28

23.7

 2

52

44.1

 3

38

32.2

Exposure to agricultural activities

 No

87

73.7

 Yes

31

26.3

Exposure to streams and wetlands

 No

91

77.1

 Yes

27

22.9

Leisure exposure

 Yes

85

72

 No

33

28

Residential area

 Urban

22

18.6

 Rural

96

81.4