Prevalence of trachoma in 13 Local Government Areas of Taraba State, Nigeria

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Table 1. Local Government Area (LGA)-level prevalences of trachomatous inflammation–follicular (TF) and trichiasis, Taraba State, Nigeria, Global Trachoma Mapping Project, 2013–2014.

LGA	Age-adjusted TF Prevalence in 1–9- year-olds (%)	95% Confidence Interval		Age- and gender-adjusted trichiasis prevalence in those aged ≥15 years (%)	95% Confidence Interval
Ardo Kola	4.1	2.8	5.9	0.3	0.0	0.5
Bali	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.7
Gassol	0.4	0.2	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.3
Ibi	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.2
Jalingo	2.8	1.7	4.5	0.7	0.3	1.2
Karim Lamido	3.2	2.0	4.8	0.8	0.5	1.2
Kurmi	2.0	0.9	3.7	0.3	0.1	0.7
Sardauna	4.3	2.4	5.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
Takum	1.0	0.2	2.1	0.8	0.3	1.5
Ussa	5.0	3.4	7.2	0.1	0.0	0.2
Wukari	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.3
Yorro	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
Zing	1.4	0.6	2.4	0.2	0.0	0.5

Figure 1. Prevalence of trachomatous inflammation–follicular (TF) in 1–9-year-old children, by Local Government Area, Taraba State, Nigeria, Global Trachoma Mapping Project, 2013–2014.

Table 2. Local Government Area (LGA)-level estimates of the trichiasis backlog, Taraba State, Nigeria, Global Trachoma Mapping Project, 2013–2014.

LGA	Estimated population of persons aged ≥15 years	Trichiasis prevalence in those aged ≥15 years (%)	Estimated trichiasis Backlog	Number of people to be offered trichiasis operations to achieve the trichiasis component of “elimination of trachoma as a public health problem”
Ardo Kola	49159	0.3	147	60
Bali	118173	0.3	355	144
Gassol	137248	0.1	137	0
Ibi	47209	0.1	47	0
Jalingo	78578	0.7	550	410
Karim Lamido	108597	0.8	868	675
Kurmi	51117	0.3	153	62
Sardauna	125639	0.00	0	0
Takum	75362	0.8	602	468
Ussa	50897	0.1	50	0
Wukari	133438	0.1	133	0
Yorro	50324	0.0	0	0
Zing	71503	0.2	143	16
TOTAL	1097250		3185	1835

Figure 2. Prevalence of trichiasis in adults aged ≥15 years, by Local Government Area, Taraba State, Nigeria, Global Trachoma Mapping Project, 2013–2014.

Table 3. Household-level access to washing water and improved latrines, by local government area (LGA), Taraba State, Nigeria, Global Trachoma Mapping Project, 2013–2014.

LGA	Washing water <1 kilometre (%)	Improved washing water access (%)	Improved latrine access (%)
Ardo Kola	82.2	64.9	17.3
Bali	91.7	64.4	49.0
Gassol	85.7	35.9	78.2
Ibi	45.6	54.1	22.0
Jalingo	72.5	17.2	50.4
Karim Lamido	19.2	21.2	5.1
Kurmi	93.3	50.3	6.4
Sardauna	99.8	72.2	88.5
Takum	76.8	79.7	32.9
Ussa	95.2	55.8	10.9
Wukari	57.35	46.0	11.8
Yorro	72.58	55.5	14.5
Zing	64.40	39.5	7.9