Intestinal Parasite Counts by Region with Mean and Prevalence

Regional descriptive statistics for intestinal parasites, providing mean counts and the number of individuals with non-zero observations. The data covers the northeast, southeast, southwest, west coast, and central plateau regions. The dataset was authored by Stephanie M. Wu and last updated on June 4, 2026.

Use Cases

• Compare mean parasite burden across different regions based on the provided regional statistics.
• Assess the prevalence of specific parasites by region based on the count of individuals with non-zero observations.
• Identify data gaps for specific parasite-region combinations based on the described missingness indicators.

Strengths

• Data is structured by five distinct geographic regions (NE, SE, SW, WC, CP).
• Provides both mean counts and prevalence counts for each parasite.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 13.5 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Stephanie M. Wu via figshare.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 17:40:35; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Covers the northeast, southeast, southwest, west coast, and central plateau regions.