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Table 1 Numbers of islands surveyed and estimated total population of Lake Victoria islands

From: Integrated prevalence mapping of schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiasis and malaria in lakeside and island communities in Lake Victoria, Uganda

District

Total population

Number of islands

Number of

islands inhabited

Number of islands surveyed

Number of villages surveyed

Bugiri

20,530

22

9

9

9

Jinja

14,22

3

3

3

3

Kalangala

44,200

84

60

37

61

Masaka

15,078

-

-

-

15

Mayuge

15,214

7

6

6

6

Mpigi

21,108

4

4

4

5

Mukono

52,963

84

60

59

74

Rakai

8,310

-

-

-

11

Wakiso

15,050

08

08

08

19

Total

220,736

212

150

126

203