Serosurvey of Cystic Echinococcosis and Related Risk Factors for Infection in Fars Province, Southern Iran: A Population-Based Study

Table 1

Demographic features and their relative with hydatid cyst in 1500 subjects in Kavar County, Fars province, southern Iran.

Characteristics	Frequency	Percent (%)	Seropositive for antihydatid cyst antibodies		value
			No	Percent
Age group/year					0.01
35-45	485	32.3	57	11.8
46-55	617	41.1	48	7.8
56-70	398	26.5	26	6.5
Total	1500	100	131	8.73
Sex					0.02
Male	749	49.9	52	6.94
Female	751	50.1	79	10.51
Education					0.25
Illiterate	479	31.9	31	6.5
Elementary	493	32.9	49	9.4
Middle school	229	15.3	21	9.2
High school	166	11.1	20	12
Associate degree	39	2.3	1	2.6
Bachelor’s degree	74	4.9	8	10.8
Master degree	17	1.1	1	5.9
PhD	3	0.2	0	0
Occupation					0.008
Housekeeper	700	46.7	73	10.4
Unemployment	230	15.4	27	11.7
Driver	139	9.3	6	4.3
Employee	89	5.9	10	11.2
Seller	124	8.3	5	4
Manual worker	99	6.6	5	5.1
Farmer	104	6.9	3	2.9
Rancher	15	1	2	13.3
Animal contact level					0.84
Discontinuous	525	35	47	8.9
Continuous	975	65	84	8.6