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Table 1 Malaria and non-malaria cases and deaths in 2008 compared to the pre-intervention period 1999--2003, in six out of seven hospitals in Zanzibar

From: Reductions in malaria and anaemia case and death burden at hospitals following scale-up of malaria control in Zanzibar, 1999-2008

  

MALARIA

ANAEMIA

 

Age (years)

Average 1999-2003

2008

% decline (95 CI)

Average 1999-2003

2008

% decline (95 CI)

In-patient cases

<5

5,166

861

80 (44 - 93)‡

728

51

85 (39 - 97)‡

 

5+

4,376

1,017

76 (33 - 91)‡

298

29

90 (38 - 98)‡

 

All

9,542

1,878

78 (48 - 90)‡

1,026

80

87 (57 - 96)‡

Out-patient cases (confirmed)

<5

8,637

31

99.6 (93 - 99.98)‡

804

347

45 (-60 - 81)

 

5+

8,738

36

99 (91 - 99.97)‡

840

588

-40 (-355 - 57)

 

All

17,375

67

99.5 (92 - 99.97)‡

1,644

935

9 (-87 - 56)

Deaths

<5

227

23

86 (21 - 97)‡

91

7

38 (-1'373 - 97)

 

5+

137

6

95 (30 - 100)‡

28

7

66 (-1'116 - 99)

 

All

365

29

90 (55 - 98)‡

120

14

40 (-1'406 - 98)

  

OTHER

All-CAUSE

 

Age (years)

Average 1999-2003

2008

% decline (95 CI)

Average 1999-2003

2008

% decline (95 CI)

In-patient cases

<5

4,114

4,298

21 (-243 - 82)

10,008

5,210

46 (-37 - 79)

 

5+

9,114

13,106

13 (-60 - 53)

13,788

14,152

25 (-35 - 59)

 

All

13,228

17,404

15 (-39 - 48)

23,796

19,362

32 (-16 - 60)

Out-patient cases

<5

30,453

36,375

-19 (-82 - 23)

54,114

41,411

17 (-38 - 50)

 

5+

37,514

63,621

-47 (-144 - 11)

59,943

69,131

-21 (-113 - 32)

 

All

67,968

99,996

-36 (-104 - 10)

114,057

110,542

-3 (-69 - 37)

Deaths

<5

111

156

-121 (-1'011 - 56)

430

186

14 (-116 - 66)

 

5+

106

180

-10 (-501 - 80)

271

193

37 (-44 - 72)

 

All

216

336

-53 (-531 - 63)

701

379

23 (-42 - 59)

  1. Notes:
  2. Positive values indicate a decline; negative percentages indicate an increase from 1999-2003 to 2008.
  3. ‡ Significant difference. A 95% CI not including the 0% value indicates that the difference from pre-intervention period to 2008 was statistically significant (p < 0.025).
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