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Table 3 Sex-specific prevalence in Dunukofia local government area and the six towns

From: Prevalence of active convulsive epilepsy in Dunukofia County in South East Nigeria: a door-to-door survey

Community

Male

Female

Total

Population screened (n)

Prevalence (%) [n]a 95% CI

Population screened (n)

Prevalence (%) [n]a 95% CI

Population screened (n)

Prevalence (%) [n]a 95% CI

Umunachi

662

7.6 [5] 2.5–17.5

536

5.6 [3] 1.2–16.2

1198

6.7 [8] 2.9–13.1

Umudioka

551

9.1 [5] 3.0–21.0

479

4.2 [2] 0.5–15.0

1030

6.8 [7] 2.7 – 14.0

Ifitedunu

965

7.3 [7] 2.9–14.9

553

5.4 [3] 1.1–15.7

1518

6.5 [10] 3.2 –12.1

Ukwulu

1902

5.6 [8] 2.2–9.8

1431

7.0 [10] 3.4–12.9

3033

5.9 [18] 3.5 – 9.4

Ukpo

806

5.0 [4] 1.4–12.7

594

5.1 [3] 1.0–14.7

1400

5.0 [7] 2.0–10.3

Nwagu

452

8.8 [4] 2.4–22.4

369

5.4 [2] 0.7–19.4

821

7.3 [6] 2.7–15.8

DLGA

5038

6.6 [33] 4.5–9.2

3962

5.8 [23] 3.7–8.7

9000

6.2 [56] 4.6 – 8.1

  1. DLGA Dunukofia local government area; n, Actual number of cases; Fisher’s exact test = 0.786