Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Patients of King Fahd Medical City in Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia: A 5-Year Retrospective Study

Table 4

Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection in different age group during the study (2013 – 2017).

Type of parasite	Age		Age		Age		Age		Age		Age		Age		Age		Age		Age		Age
	0 - 10 y		11 - 20 y		21 - 30 y		31 - 40 y		41 - 50 y		51 – 60 y		61 - 70 y		71 - 80 y		81 - 90 y		91 - 100 y		101- 110 y
	No.	P	No.	P	No.	P	No.	P	No.	P	No.	P	No.	P	No.	P	No.	P	No.	P	No.	P
E. histolytica	2	0.10%	4	0.89%	5	0.46%	2	0.17%	2	0.39%	0	0.00%	1	0.47%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
C. parvum	5	0.26%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	1	0.19%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
G. lamblia	3	0.15%	0	0.00%	1	0.09%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
T. trichiura	2	0.10%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Ch. mesnili	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	1	0.09%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
H. nana	1	0.05%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Total infected	13	0.67%	4	0.89%	7	0.64%	2	0.17%	3	0.58%	0	0.00%	1	0.47%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Total examined	1947		449		1094		1191		518		329		211		160		77		9		2