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Table 2 Water and sanitation infrastructure and household prevalence of diarrhea in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region, Nicaragua, 2009 (N = 189).

From: Improvements to water purification and sanitation infrastructure may reduce the diarrheal burden in a marginalized and flood prone population in remote Nicaragua

 

DiarrheaA

No Diarrhea

PD (95% CI)

Water Source

   

   Piping

26

52

0

   Well

26

34

0.10 (-0.06, 0.26)

   River

15

15

0.17 (-0.04, 0.37)

   Natural spring

8

9

0.14 (-0.12, 0.40)

   Missing

2

2

 

Water Treatment

   

   None

44

61

0

   Chlorine

20

34

-0.05 (-0.21, 0.11)

   Filter

9

16

-0.06 (-0.27, 0.15)

   Missing

4

1

 

Latrine UseB

   

   No

20

21

0

   Yes

56

90

-0.10 (-0.28, 0.07)

   Missing

1

1

 

Latrine overflowC

   

   No

28

60

0

   Yes

26

25

0.19 (0.02, 0.36)

   Missing

2

5

 
  1. PD = prevalence difference, PR = prevalence ratio
  2. A Two week prevalence of household diarrhea
  3. B Household latrine
  4. C Within household that had a latrine, did that latrine overflow (1 or more times) in the past year.