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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study children in 1999 and in 2009

From: Falciparum malaria in young children of rural Burkina Faso: comparison of survey data in 1999 with 2009

  

June 1999

N = 179

December 1999

N = 197

June 2009

N = 460

December 2009

N = 409

  

n

mean

n

mean

n

mean

n

Mean

Age

(months)

 

179

17.6

197

23.5

460

20.5

409

25.8

  

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Age

Group

         
 

6-11 months

31

17.3

-

-

64

13.9

-

-

 

12-23 months

116

64.8

103

52.3

215

46.7

150

36.7

 

24-35 months

32

17.9

91

46.2

181

39.4

231

56.5

 

36-47 months

-

-

3

1.5

-

-

28

6.9

Sex

         
 

Female

94

52.5

107

54.3

218

47.4

184

45.0

 

Male

85

47.5

90

45.7

242

52.6

225

55.0

Village

         
 

Bourasso

23

12.9

28

14.2

82

17.8

71

17.4

 

Cissé

23

12.9

21

10.7

55

12.0

52

12.7

 

Kodougou

20

11.2

22

11.2

24

5.2

18

4.4

 

Koro

24

13.4

28

14.2

84

18.3

77

18.8

 

Nokui

16

8.9

23

11.7

20

4.4

17

4.2

 

Seriba

25

14.0

25

12.7

88

19.1

76

18.6

 

Sikoro

22

12.3

25

12.7

54

11.7

48

11.7

 

Solimana

26

14.5

25

12.7

53

11.5

50

12.2

Ethnic

Group

         
 

Bwaba

41

22.9

52

26.4

129

28.0

113

27.6

 

Dafing

71

39.7

72

36.6

202

43.9

179

43.8

 

Mossi

28

15.6

34

17.3

63

13.7

54

13.2

 

Peulh

26

14.5

28

14.2

57

12.4

50

12.2

 

Samo

5

2.8

3

1.5

5

1.1

5

1.2

 

Other

3

1.7

3

1.5

2

0.4

1

0.2

 

Missing

5

2.8

5

2.5

2

0.4

7

1.7