Burden of leprosy in Malawi: community camp-based cross-sectional study

Table 2 Community camp-based prevalence of and skin diseases in four districts in Malawi, 2011

	All (n = 6338)	Male (n = 2524)		Female (n = 3814)		Age 5–14 years (n = 2217)		Age 15 years or more (n = 4076)
	%	%	95%CI	%	95%CI	%	95%CI	%	95%CI
Fungal skin diseases	8.7	10.2*	9.0-11.4	7.7	6.9-8.5	7.5	6.4-8.6	9.3	8.4-10.2
Eczema/dermatitis	2.9	3.5	2.8-4.2	2.4	1.9-2.9	3.5	2.7-4.3	2.5	2.0-3.0
Leprosy	1.0	1.4	0.9-1.9	0.8	0.5-1.1	0.4	0.1-0.7	1.3*	1.0-1.7
Bacterial skin infections	0.9	1.2	0.8-1.6	0.7	0.4-1.0	1.7*	1.2-2.2	0.5	0.3-0.7
Viral skin infections	0.2	0.2	0.03-0.4	0.2	0.06-0.3	0.3	0.07-0.5	0.2	0.06-0.3
Parasitic skin infection	0.2	0.3	0.09-0.6	0.1	0.0-0.2	0.1	0.0-0.2	0.2	0.1-0.3
Other skin diseases	3.8	3.5	2.8-4.2	3.9	3.3-4.5	2.9	2.2-3.6	4.2	3.6-4.8
All	17.7	20.4*	18.8-22.0	15.9	14.7-17.1	16.5	15.0-18.1	18.2	17.0-19.4

Key: n = number of participants in the group, % = percentage, CI = confidence interval, * statistically significant, p <0.05; male vs female, age 5-14 years vs age 15 years or more.

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