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Table 3 Age-specific malaria incidence rate per 1,000 person years

From: Using community-owned resource persons to provide early diagnosis and treatment and estimate malaria burden at community level in north-eastern Tanzania

Age group/year

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Cases

Cases

Cases

Cases

Cases

[Incidence (95% CI)]

[Incidence (95% CI)]

[Incidence (95% CI)]

[Incidence (95% CI)]

[Incidence (95% CI)]

Lowlands

     0-4 yrs

121

272

152

20

7

[206(173–245)]

[358(318–403)]

[185(158–217)]

[37(24–58)]

[11(5–24)]

     5-9 yrs

101

252

170

30

17

[192(158–234)]

[428(378–484)]

[267(230–311)]

[56(39–80)]

[31(19–50)]

     10-19 yrs

79

205

148

49

27

[98(79–125)]

[244(213–280)]

[169(144–199)]

[67(50–88)]

[35(24–51)]

     20 + yrs

74

216

138

18

6

[46(37–58)]

[124(108–141)]

[71(61–85)]

[12(7–18)]

[4(2–8)]

Highlands

     0-4 yrs

27

79

34

4

2

[77(53–113)]

[189(151–236)]

[77(55–108)]

[12(11–24)]

[5(1–20)]

     5-9 yrs

19

123

39

6

5

[67(43–106)]

[390(326–464)]

[120(87–163)]

[22(17–27)]

[18(7–42)]

     10-19 yrs

32

102

44

15

9

[65(46–93)]

[199(164–241)]

[84(62–112)]

[33(20–55)]

[20(10–38)]

     20 + yrs

33

134

31

14

10

[35(25–49)]

[130(109–154)]

[29(21–42)]

[16(9–26)]

[10(6–19)]

  1. Yrs = Years and 95% CI = 95% confidence intervals.