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Volume 29, Number 12—December 2023
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Risk Factors for Enteric Pathogen Exposure among Children in Black Belt Region of Alabama, USA

Drew Capone, Toheedat Bakare, Troy Barker, Amy Hutson Chatham, Ryan Clark, Lauren Copperthwaite, Abeoseh Flemister, Riley Geason, Emery Hoos, Elizabeth Kim, Alka Manoj, Sam Pomper, Christina Samodal, Simrill Smith, Claudette Poole, and Joe BrownComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA (D. Capone); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (T. Bakare, T. Barker, R. Clark, L. Copperthwaite, A. Flemister, R. Geason, E. Hoos, E. Kim, A. Manoj, S. Pomper, C. Samodal, J. Brown); University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA (A. Hutson Chatham, C. Poole); Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (S. Smith)

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Table 1

Demographic characteristics of 488 children and water infrastructure summary based on self-administered surveys conducted in Lowndes, Wilcox, and Perry Counties, Alabama, USA, January 2019–December 2021*

Variable and response Value
Race
Black or African American 444 (91)
White 9 (1.8)
Prefer not to answer 6 (1.2)
Black and White 2 (0.4)
Unsure 2 (0.4)
No response
 25 (5.1)
Ethnicity
Not Hispanic or Latino 407 (83)
Prefer not to answer 16 (3.3)
Hispanic or Latino 7 (1.4)
Unknown 6 (1.2)
No response
 52 (11)
County
Wilcox 237 (56)
Lowndes 101 (21)
Perry 86 (17)
No response
 66 (14)
Household receives water bill
Yes 385 (79)
No 67 (14)
Don’t know 6 (1.2)
No response
 430 (6.1)
Household sanitation
Septic tank 207 (42)
Sewer connection 111 (23)
Don’t know 80 (16)
Straight pipe 56 (11)
Cesspit 2 (0.4)
Other 1 (0.1)
No response
 31 (6.3)
Raw sewage in yard or home in past year
No 400 (82)
Yes 38 (7.8)
No response
 50 (10)
History of international travel in past year
No 448 (92)
Yes 13 (2.7)
No response
 27 (5.5)
Sex
M 236 (48)
F 229 (47)
No response
 23 (4.7)
Daily screen time, h
<2 72 (15)
2–4 182 (37)
>4 203 (42)
No response
 31 (6.4)
Age, y
Mean (SD) 11 (4.1)
Median (interquartile range) 11 (8–14)
Range 2–18
No response
 37 (17.6)
Ever treated for an intestinal parasite
No 418 (86)
Don’t know 45 (9.2)
Yes 12 (2.5)
No response 13 (2.7)

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated.

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