Enterobius vermicularis infections in Iraq

	2011		2012		2013		2014		2015		Total
Sex	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Male	18024	43.11	14548	42.22	20171	55.02	15992	48.29	33279	44.62	102014	46.24
Female	23783	56.88	19903	57.77	16485	44.97	17120	51.7	41302	55.37	118593	53.75
Total	41807		34451		36656		33112		74581		220607

Table 2

Age of 220607 Iraqi enterobiasis patients reported between 2011 and 2015.

	2011		2012		2013		2014		2015		Total
Age	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
˂1	97	0.23	109	0.31	799	2.17	5440	16.42	4437	5.94	10882	4.93
(1 – 4)	5023	12.04	5028	14.95	6605	18.01	5812	17.55	18084	24.24	40552	18.38
(5 – 14)	13009	31.11	13893	40.32	11004	30.01	6825	20.61	22743	30.49	67474	30.58
(15 – 44)	19233	46	9803	28.45	10916	29.77	8878	26.81	14916	19.99	63746	28.89
˃45	4445	10.63	5618	16.3	7332	20	6157	18.59	14401	19.3	37953	17.2
Total	41807		34451		36656		33112		74581		220607

The number of cases of enterobiasis in Iraq per 100000 capita between 2011 and 2015

Table 3

The distribution of enterobiasis among the Iraqi provinces for the years 2011 – 2015.

Province			Year			total	average	SD	Population size of 2011
	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Al-Anbar	1545	737	4104	3628	1583	11597	2319.4	1461.438	1675600
Al-Basrah	8310	10613	7317	5974	15480	47694	9538.8	3728.468	2532000
Al-Muthanna	2053	1128	1164	1417	3702	9464	1892.8	1077.186	770500
Al-Najaf	904	914	1223	1698	5574	10313	2062.6	1989.311	1285500
Al-Qadissiya	621	1459	1382	944	1503	5909	1181.8	384.4265	1220300
Al-Sulaymaniyah	0	37	53	74	12	176	35.2	30.01166	1878800
Babil	952	1097	728	1825	1666	6268	1253.6	471.2518	1878700
Baghdad	2482	1723	3183	5483	19904	32775	6555	7593.631	7055200
Diyala	1751	2603	4056	1335	1038	10783	2156.6	1214.269	1443200
Duhok	117	273	713	870	1721	3694	738.8	629.7223	1128700
Erbil	617	350	332	255	159	1713	342.6	170.9131	1612700
Kerbala	164	1049	797	575	1581	4166	833.2	529.5236	1066600
Kirkuk	3435	3553	1371	574	2301	11234	2246.8	1292.884	1395600
Maysan	828	1742	2016	753	357	5696	1139.2	705.333	971400
Ninewa	8112	2434	2205	1619	391	14761	2952.2	2991.135	3270400
Salah Al-Din	1321	999	744	216	0	3280	656	545.7916	1408200
Thi Qar	7301	2396	2717	4051	15890	32355	6471	5611.617	1836200
Wassit	1294	1379	2516	1821	1719	8729	1745.8	484.3157	1210600

Table 4

The distribution of enterobiasis among the Iraqi regions (South region provinces, Middle region provinces, Middle Euphrates provinces and North region provinces) for the years

Region	Provinces	Number	%
South	(Thiqar, Miasan, Al-Basrah and Wassit)	94474	42.82
Middlel	(Baghdad, Al-Anbar, Diyala and Salah Al-Din)	58849	26.67
Middle Euphrates	(Babil, Kerbala, Al-Najaf, Al-Qadissiya and Al-Muthanna)	36120	16.37
North region	(Ninewa, Al-Sulaymaniyah, Kirkuk, Erbil and Duhok)	20344	9.22

The annual pattern of enterobiasis in Iraq based on data collected between 2011 and 2015.

Distribution of the percentage of rural people inhabiting Iraqi provinces.

Distribution of the average family size among Iraqi provinces.

Distribution of the adult people inhabiting Iraqi provinces.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2022-0033 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605

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Language: English

Page range: 364 - 372

Submitted on: Mar 10, 2022

Accepted on: Sep 16, 2022

Published on: Dec 30, 2022

Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology

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Keywords:

Enterobiasis,

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Iraq,

spatial analysis

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