Table 1 Characteristics of the study population by province, Dominican republic, 2021.
Population characteristics | Overall1 | Espaillat | San Pedro de Macoris |
|---|---|---|---|
Overall | 2078 (%) | 802 (%) | 1 276 (%) |
Age (years) | |||
Median (IQR) | 39 (23, 56) | 44 (28, 61) | 34 (21, 52) |
Category | |||
5–19 | 386 (18.6) | 101 (13) | 285 (22) |
20–34 | 530 (25.5) | 176 (22) | 354 (28) |
35–49 | 459 (22.1) | 191 (24) | 268 (21) |
50–64 | 392 (18.9) | 174 (22) | 218 (17) |
65+ | 311 (15.0) | 160 (20) | 151 (12) |
Gender | |||
Female | 1329 (64.0) | 501 (62) | 828 (65) |
Male | 733 (35.3) | 297 (37) | 436 (34) |
Other | 16 (< 1) | 4 (< 1) | 12 (< 1) |
Occupation | |||
Farmer | 74 (3.6) | 59 (7·4) | 15 (1·2) |
Not-farmer | 2004 (96.4) | 743 (93) | 1,261 (99) |
Work Environment | |||
Indoor or Student or houseperson | 1148 (55.2) | 447 (56) | 701 (55) |
Outdoor | 92 (4.4) | 34 (4·2) | 58 (4·5) |
Mixed indoor and outdoor | 289 (13.9) | 158 (20) | 131 (10) |
Retired or unemployed | 549 (26.4) | 163 (20) | 386 (30) |
Maximum educational level | |||
Primary or none | 658 (31.7) | 272 (34) | 386 (30) |
Secondary, tertiary or technical | 1420 (68.3) | 530 (66) | 890 (70) |
Ethnicity | |||
Indigenous | 326 (15.7) | 99 (12) | 227 (18) |
Mestizo | 667 (32.1) | 263 (33) | 404 (32) |
Mulatto | 1027 (49.4) | 389 (49) | 638 (50) |
White or other | 58 (2.8) | 51 (6) | 7 (< 1) |
Setting | |||
Rural | 904 (43.5) | 467 (58) | 437 (34) |
Urban | 1174 (56.5) | 335 (42) | 839 (66) |
Rat exposure | |||
No | 1747 (84.1) | 798 (100) | 949 (74) |
Yes | 331 (15.9) | 4 (< 1) | 327 (26) |
