Table 1 Population characteristics of the overall sample and sub-groups
All death records 1998-2007 | Sub-groups | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Total Sample % | Malaria by Physicians1 % | Malaria by InterVA32 % | Representative Sample % | Physicians Malaria Sub-group3 % | Model Malaria Sub-group4 % | |
N | 5649 | 1804 | 954 | 493 | 1035 | 332 | |
Age | <4 weeks | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 0.0 |
4 weeks-1 year | 15.0 | 27.2 | 24.7 | 14.2 | 27.3 | 18.1 | |
1-4 years | 26.5 | 44.0 | 40.6 | 25.8 | 42.4 | 25.3 | |
5-14 years | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 7.2 | |
15-49 years, male | 7.6 | 2.6 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 2.1 | 11.1 | |
15-49 years, female | 7.6 | 2.1 | 12.7 | 8.3 | 1.0 | 26.5 | |
50-64 years | 9.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 10.5 | 3.4 | 4.5 | |
65+ years | 23.6 | 14.0 | 6.9 | 23.9 | 16.0 | 7.2 | |
Mean | 29.5 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 30.0 | 16.6 | 20.9 | |
Sex | Male | 51.6 | 50.1 | 47.6 | 51.9 | 48. | 41.0 |
Female | 48.4 | 49.9 | 52.4 | 48.1 | 52.0 | 59.0 | |
Season | Wet | 39.7 | 48.7 | 59.3 | 34.7 | 41.8 | 53.3 |
Dry | 60.3 | 51.3 | 40.7 | 65.3 | 58.2 | 46.7 | |