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Table 2 Travel to another Thana within the 3 weeks preceding admission

From: Temporal trends in severe malaria in Chittagong, Bangladesh

Place

Travelled

Did not travel

 

Destination

Residence

Residence

Chittagong District

20

(27.0%)

45

(60.8%)

104

(54.2%)

Chittagong city

5

(6.8%)

36

(48.6%)

10

(5.2%)

Other

15

(20.3%)

9

(12.2%)

94

(49.0%)

Cox's Bazar District

2

(2.7%)

13

(17.6%)

36

(18.8%)

Chittagong Hill Tracts

47

(63.5%)

0

(0.0%)

41

(21.4%)

Bandarban District

19

(25.7%)

0

(0.0%)

19

(9.9%)

Khagrachari District

8

(10.8%)

0

(0.0%)

8

(4.2%)

Rangamati District

10

(13.5%)

0

(0.0%)

14

(7.3%)

Thana not specified

10

(13.5%)

0

(0.0%)

0

(0.0%)

Unknown

5

(6.8%)

16

(21.6%)

11

(5.7%)

Total

74

 

74

 

192

 
  1. Responses to the question “did you travel anywhere within the previous 3 weeks?” for 266 patients with P. falciparum malaria from 2006–2011 and Thana of residence for those who did and did not travel.