Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients that met severe malaria criteria (n=393)
Slide positive | Slide negative/Not done | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Survived | Died | Total | Survived | Died | |||||
n | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
Age category | ||||||||||
0-4 | 30 | 28 | (93) | 2 | (7) | 23 | 18 | (78) | 5 | (22) |
5-14 | 72 | 70 | (97) | 2 | (3) | 41 | 36 | (88) | 5 | (12) |
15-30 | 89 | 70 | (79) | 19 | (21) | 27 | 24 | (89) | 3 | (11) |
31-49 | 53 | 44 | (83) | 9 | (17) | 26 | 22 | (85) | 4 | (15) |
>=50 | 21 | 17 | (81) | 4 | (19) | 11 | 9 | (82) | 2 | (18) |
Sex | ||||||||||
Male | 152 | 133 | (88) | 19 | (13) | 72 | 62 | (86) | 10 | (14) |
Female | 113 | 96 | (85) | 17 | (15) | 56 | 47 | (84) | 9 | (16) |
Occupation | ||||||||||
Labour | 40 | 30 | (75) | 10 | (25) | 7 | 6 | (86) | 1 | (14) |
Government | 3 | 2 | (67) | 1 | (33) | 2 | 2 | (100) | 0 | (0) |
Housewife | 11 | 8 | (73) | 3 | (27) | 6 | 4 | (67) | 2 | (33) |
Farmer | 66 | 52 | (79) | 14 | (21) | 35 | 30 | (86) | 5 | (14) |
Business | 2 | 2 | (100) | 0 | (0) | 1 | 1 | (100) | 0 | (0) |
Monk | 1 | 1 | (100) | 0 | (0) | 1 | 1 | (100) | 0 | (0) |
School-aged child | 74 | 69 | (93) | 5 | (7) | 33 | 29 | (88) | 4 | (12) |
Unemployed | 15 | 14 | (93) | 1 | (7) | 6 | 5 | (83) | 1 | (17) |
Other | 48 | 46 | (96) | 2 | (4) | 36 | 30 | (83) | 6 | (17) |
Referral by | ||||||||||
Self | 173 | 152 | (88) | 21 | (12) | 79 | 72 | (91) | 7 | (9) |
Private sector | 1 | 1 | (100) | 0 | (0) | 11 | 7 | (64) | 4 | (36) |
Government Referral Hospital | 9 | 6 | (67) | 3 | (33) | 37 | 29 | (78) | 8 | (22) |
Government Health Centre | 82 | 70 | (85) | 12 | (15) | 1 | 1 | (100) | 0 | (0) |
Arrived by | ||||||||||
Private vehicle | 181 | 157 | (87) | 24 | (13) | 76 | 69 | (91) | 7 | (9) |
Government ambulance | 78 | 67 | (86) | 11 | (14) | 46 | 35 | (76) | 11 | (24) |
Parasite species | ||||||||||
Pf | 217 | 185 | (85) | 32 | (15) | |||||
Pv | 33 | 29 | (88) | 4 | (12) | |||||
Mixed Pf+Pv | 15 | 15 | (100) | 0 | (0) | |||||
Negative | 110 | 94 | (85) | 16 | (15) | |||||
ND | 18 | 15 | (83) | 3 | (17) | |||||
Parasitaemia time 0 | ||||||||||
No or low (1+ to 3+) | 145 | 122 | (84) | 23 | (16) | 110 | 94 | (85) | 16 | (15) |
Hyperparasitaemia | 113 | 101 | (89) | 12 | (11) | 0 | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
(4+ to 6+) | ||||||||||