Table 1

Demographic variation of the syphilis prevalence in pregnant women and the general population of Burkina Faso

Pregnant-womenGeneral population
NPrevalence (%) and 95% CINMenNWomen
Prevalence (%) and 95% CIPrevalence (%) and 95% CI
Age, years
 15–194601.1 (0.4 to 2.7)1931.6 (0.3 to 4.5)2600.8 (0.1 to 2.8)
 20–246362.4 (1.4 to 4.0)2101.4 (0.3 to 4.1)1693.6 (1.3 to 7.6)
 25–294721.7 (0.8 to 3.4)1502.7 (0.7 to 6.7)1430.0 (0.0 to 2.5)
 30–342882.4 (1.0 to 4.9)773.9 (0.8 to 11.0)1070.9 (0.0 to 5.1)
 ≥352801.1 (0.2 to 3.1)1630.6 (0.0 to 3.4)2071.0 (0.1 to 3.4)
Marital status
 Single560.0 (0.0 to 6.4)5271.7 (0.8 to 3.3)3380.9 (0.2 to 2.8)
 Married/living together20681.8 (1.3 to 2.5)2661.9 (0.6 to 4.3)5481.5 (0.7 to 3.0)
Have been to school
 Yes4141.0 (0.3 to 2.6)6451.7 (0.9 to 3.1)5401.1 (0.5 to 2.5)
 No17222.0 (1.4 to 2.8)1482.0 (0.4 to 5.8)3461.4 (0.5 to 3.5)
Localisation
 Ouagadougou7931.8 (1.0 to 3.0)8861.2 (0.7 to 2.3)
 Rural17771.7 (1.2 to 2.4)
 Semi-urban3592.2 (1.0 to 4.5)