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Volume 29, Number 12—December 2023
Research

Cross-Sectional Study of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases in Black Belt Region of Alabama, USA

Claudette PooleComments to Author , Troy Barker, Richard Bradbury, Drew Capone, Amy Hutson Chatham, Sukwan Handali, Eduardo Rodriguez, Yvonne Qvarnstrom, and Joe Brown
Author affiliations: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA (C. Poole, A. Hutson Chatham); University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (T. Barker, J. Brown); Federation University, Australia (R. Bradbury); Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA (D. Capone); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (S. Handali, E. Rodriguez, Y. Qvarnstrom)

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Table 2

Percentage of children enrolled, by age group and race per county population, in a study conducted in Lowndes, Wilcox, and Perry Counties, Alabama, USA, December 2019–August 2022*

Characteristic Lowndes County Perry County Wilcox County
Age group, y
<5 1.5 7.6 2.2
5–9 5.1 13.8 9.8
10–14 9.1 14.8 24.8
15–19
 5.5
 8.2
 14.1
Race
Black or African American 6.4 12.6 16.5
White 1.6 0.7 1.7

*Based on 2020 US Census data.

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