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Table 2 Prevalence of P. falciparum (P. f.), P. vivax (P. v.) and anaemia among primary school children in 197 schools in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia in 2009, by sex, age group, survey phase and malaria transmission zone

From: School-based surveys of malaria in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: a rapid survey method for malaria in low transmission settings

 

N1

Plasmodium

prevalence,

% (95% CI)

% due

to

P. f.

Species prevalence,

% (95% CI)

Anaemia,

% (95% CI)

    

P. f.

P. v.

 

Total

197/20,899

0.6 (0.5-0.7)

0.53

0.3 (0.2-0.4)

0.3 (0.2-0.3)

17.6 (17.0-18.1)

Male

11,038

0.6 (0.4-0.7)

0.57

0.3 (0.2-0.4)

0.2 (0.2-0.3)

19.2 (18.4-19.9)

Female2

9,731

0.6 (0.4-0.7)

0.48

0.3 (0.2-0.4)

0.3 (0.2-0.4)

15.7 (15.0-16.5)

5-9 yrs

5,471

0.4 (0.2-0.6)

0.77

0.4 (0.3-0.6)

0.1 (0.05-0.2)

18.8 (17.8-19.9)

10-14 yrs

13,890

0.6 (0.5-0.7)

0.44

0.3 (0.2-0.4)

0.3 (0.2-0.4)

16.4 (15.7-17.0)

15-18 yrs3

1,400

0.4 (0.2-0.9)

0.50

0.2 (0.04-0.6)

0.2 (0.04-0.6)

23.4 (22.2-26.7)

Phase 1

36/3,779

0.4 (0.2-0.6)

0.86

0.3 (0.2-0.6)

0.05 (0.00-0.2)

22.4 (21.1-23.8)

Phase 2

161/17,120

0.6 (0.5-0.7)

0.48

0.3 (0.2-0.4)

0.3 (0.2-0.4)

16.5 (15.9-17.1)

Highland epidemic

22/2,358

0.4 (0.2-0.8)

0.10

0.04 (0.00-0.2)

0.4 (0.2-0.7)

14.7 (13.3-16.1)

Highland fringes, low transmission

69/7,246

1.1 (0.8-1.3)

0.55

0.6 (0.4-0.8)

0.5 (0.3-0.7)

16.3 (15.5-17.2)

Highland fringes, high transmission

66/7,018

0.1 (0.06-0.2)

0.56

0.07 (0.02-0.2)

0.06 (0.01-0.1)

17.2 (16.4-18.1)

Lowland seasonal

24/2,540

0.5 (0.3-0.9)

0.86

0.5 (0.2-0.8)

0.08 (0.01-0.3)

24.0 (22.4-25.7)

Lowland intense

16/1,737

0.4 (0.2-0.8)

0.14

0.06 (0.00-0.3)

0.3 (0.1-0.8)

18.7 (16.9-20.6)

  1. 1 Number of schools surveyed/children tested
  2. 2 Sex data missing from 130 records
  3. 3 Age data missing from 138 records