Table 1 Characteristics of cases attended by CORPs from 2006 to 2010
Year | ||||||
Variable | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | Test statistics |
Lowland | ||||||
Number of cases | 1701 | 2986 | 2795 | 1803 | 1300 | Â |
Children <5 years (n, %) | 376(22.1) | 680(22.8) | 712(25.5) | 566(31.4) | 357(27.5) | χ² = 39.5, p <0.001 |
Age in years (median, IQR) | 20.7 | 15.2 | 12.8 | 11 | 11.3 | Â |
(6.1-43.9) | (5.6-38.4) | (4.9-33.1) | (4.0-30.7) | (4.4-33.0) | Â | |
Malaria parasite positive (n, %) | 406(23.9) | 1052(35.2) | 667(23.9) | 112(6.2) | 86(6.6) | χ² = 465.5, p <0.001 |
Fever (≥37.5°C, n, %) | 476(28.0) | 1014(34.0) | 858(30.7) | 516(28.6) | 421(32.4) | χ² = 0.26, p = 0.613 |
GM Pf density (rings/μl, 95%CI) | 1980 | 2367 | 2518 | 667 | 3714 | F = 6.1, p < 0.001 |
(1481–2680) | (1973–2853) | (2020–3159) | (406–1139) | (2047–7060) |  | |
Highland | ||||||
Number of cases | 1406 | 1432 | 991 | 755 | 560 | Â |
Children <5 years (n, %) | 213(15.1) | 249(17.4) | 165(16.6) | 165(21.9) | 142(25.4) | χ² = 30.7, p <0.001 |
Age in years (median, IQR) | 21.2 | 16.6 | 14.6 | 15 | 13.6 | Â |
(8.3-40.8) | (7.4-39.1) | (7.4-32.3) | (6.1-31.0) | (5.0-31.1) | Â | |
Malaria parasite positive (n, %) | 137(9.7) | 499(34.9) | 166(16.8) | 44(5.8) | 36(6.4) | χ² = 49.3, p <0.001 |
Fever [≥37.5°C, (n, %)] | 366(26.0) | 456(31.8) | 312(31.5) | 208(27.6) | 139(24.8) | χ² = 0.02, p = 0.892 |
GM Pf density (rings/μl, 95%CI) | 957 | 2721 | 3740 | 5583 | 11629 |  |
(607–1558) | (2071–3611) | (2391–6000) | (2437–13965) | (6550–21438) |  | |