<p><strong>Results: </strong>The response rate was 93%, and the mean age of the house heads was 31.6 years (range: 18. 63), with an average family size of 5.7. The overall prevalence of NTDs among the study participants was 22.6% (95% CI; 20.2, 25.2); in urban areas, it was 15% (95% CI; 12.2, 18.4), whereas it was 29.8% (95% CI; 26, 33.9) in rural areas. Although there was no statistically significant difference, the relative prevalence of NTDs between rural and urban areas was two. The multivariable analysis revealed that the risk factors associated with NTDs were government employment (AOR: 12.5 (1.17, 132.4)), good income (AOR: 0.13 (.03, 0.57)), a child playing with soil (AOR: 5.8 (1.52, 22.0)), child hand washing at critical times (AOR: 11.2 (1.7, 74.9)), the presence of flies in the child faces (AOR: 20.3 (4.7, 88.6)) and the type of drinking water source (AOR: 0.11 (0.02, 0.73)).</p>