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TABLE 13.2 Estimates of global numbers infected with Ascaris lumbricoides infection in
2010, by region
Total
population
(millions)
Infected population
(95% BCI
a
)
Region
Prevalence (95% BCI)
Asia
3487.0
552.4
(326.2
842.7)
15.9%
(9.4
24.2%)
e
e
Central Asia
76.8
5.8
(3.1
9.5)
7.5%
(4.0
12.4%)
e
e
East Asia
1336.9
144.2
(71.1
246.1)
10.8%
(5.3
18.5%)
e
e
South Asia
1498.6
284.2
(179.8
411.4)
19.0%
(12.0
27.5%)
e
e
Southeast
Asia
574.7
118.2
(72.2
175.7)
20.6%
(12.6
30.6%)
e
e
Latin
America
(LA) and the
Caribbean
550.5
80.8
(50.0
121.9)
14.7%
(9.1
9.1%)
e
e
Caribbean
38.0
3.1
(2.2
e
4.4
8.2%
(5.8
e
11.6%)
Andean LA
49.5
10.1
5.5
e
16.1)
20.3%
(11.1
e
32.5%)
Central LA
215.2
38.9
(25.9
e
55.3)
18.1%
(12.1
e
25.7%)
Southern LA
55.0
5.7
(4.1
e
7.9)
10.4%
(7.4
e
14.3%)
Tropical LA
192.8
23.0
(12.3
e
38.2)
11.9%
(6.4
e
19.8%)
Sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA)
763.1
104.9
(63.7
e
159.2)
13.8%
(8.4
e
20.9%)
Central SSA
84.4
18.1
(10.7
27.9)
21.5%
(12.7
33.0%)
e
e
East SSA
313.4
30.2
(18.1
46.6)
9.6%
(5.8
14.9%)
e
e
Southern
SSA
64.9
8.3
(4.6
13.3)
12.9%
(7.1
20.5%)
e
e
West SSA
300.4
48.2
(30.2
71.4)
16.1%
(10.1
23.8%)
e
e
North Africa
and Middle
East
410.8
23.0
(15.7
e
32.8)
5.6%
(3.8
e
8.0%)
Oceania
9.7
1.8
(1.0
2.8)
18.2%
(10.5
28.4%)
e
e
GLOBAL
5221.2
762.9
(456.5
e
1159.3)
14.6%
(8.8
e
22.3%)
a
BCI
ΒΌ
Bayesian credible interval, based on geo-statistical models and logit-normal distributions.
