TRACHOMA 305 TABLE 7-48. AGE AND SEX DISTRIBUTION OF TRACHOMA IN BHERI AND SETI ZONES (NBS 1981) Percentage of All Trachoma in Bheri and Seti Estimated Population with Trachoma Estimated Prevalence per 100 Sample N Males 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+ Females 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 o+ Subtotal Missing age, sex, 2,367 432 395 308 206 305 291 204 126 100 2,511 369 458 264 204 393 343 227 126 127 4,878 195,883 39,776 32,603 20,313 11,748 22,677 29,987 22,178 9,427 7,174 237,868 38.683 44;335 21,941 17,569 38,822 30,460 21,749 11,965 12,544 433,751 24.7 28.5 26.7 20.l 16.7 20.8 29.8 31.7 20.9 21.0 28.3 31.9 30.7 24.3 25.8 27.0 27.1 28.6 28.4 29.9 2.6 45.1% 9.2 7.5 4.7 2.7 5.2 6.9 5.1 2.2 1.6 54.9 8.9 10.2 5.0 4.1 9.0 7.0 5.0 2.8 2.9 100.0 - or- trachoma status 99 0 Total .4,977 433,751 2.0 100.0 Source: FR7.00.2.1 AN. REP.V3004.l prevalence rates are, of course, higher than those observed for the remainder of Nepal, but the distribution with respect to age and sex is remarkably similar to that described in Section 7.3.1 for the en- tire country. 7.5.2 Trichiasis and Entropion Nearly half of the trichiasis and entropion cases in Nepal occurred in Bheri and Seti zones. Among an estimated 58,329 cases of trichiasis and entropion in Nepal, 49.1 percent or 28,610 cases occurred in Bheri and Seti zones, a prevalence rate of 1.8 cases of trichiasis and entropion per 100 persons. In other words, nearly 1
