Table 2 The prevalence of malaria parasitaemia by microscopy among children six to 59 months living in large African cities versus rural comparison communities
Large city, country (2010 population in millionsi) | Prevalence by microscopy (95% CI) | Relative risk = A/B (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Large city = A | Rural communities within 150 kmii, iii= B | ||
Luanda, Angola (4.8) | 1.4% (0.1%-2.5%) | 21.4% (1.1%-41.7%) | 0.07 (0.02-0.22) |
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (1.9) | 17.9% (7.5%-28.3%) | 70.9% (67.8%-74.1%) | 0.25 (0.14-0.45) |
Accra, Ghana (2.5) | 3.3% (0.5%-6.1%) | 24.3% (16.2%-32.3%)ii | 0.14 (0.06-0.34) |
Kumasi, Ghana (1.9) | 5.3% (1.1%-9.4) | 34.7% (29.5%-40.0%)ii | 0.15 (0.07-0.34) |
Mombasa, Kenya (0.9) | 0.6% (0%-2.0%) | 4.7% (1.2%-8.2%)ii | 0.12 (0.01-1.52) |
Nairobi, Kenya (3.2) | 0% | 4.0% (0.8%-7.3%)ii, iii | 0 |
Monrovia, Liberia (1.0) | 7.4% (3.8%-11.0%) | 31.5% (27.2%-35.8%) | 0.24 (0.14-0.39) |
Antananarivo, Madagascar (1.9) | 0% | 0%iii | -- |
Lilongwe, Malawi (0.7) | 5.5% (1.8%-9.2%) | 45.9% (37.1%-54.8%)iii | 0.12 (0.06-0.24) |
Blantyre, Malawi (0.7) | 4.6% (1.5%-7.8%) | 39.7% (20.2%-59.1%)iii | 0.12 (0.05-0.27) |
Bamako, Mali (1.9) | 2.4% (0%-7.3%) | 53.3% (39.6%-67.1%) | 0.05 (0.01-0.34) |
Maputo, Mozambique (1.1) | 2.2% (0.1%-4.1%) | 12.3% (5.7%-18.9%) | 0.18 (0.06-0.50) |
Matola, Mozambique (0.8) | 4.9% (1.4%-8.4%) | 12.3% (5.6%-19.0%) | 0.40 (0.16-0.97) |
Kano, Nigeria (3.3) | 5.9% (0%-13.7%) | 48.8% (35.7%-62.0%) | 0.12 (0.03-0.47) |
Lagos, Nigeria (10.8) | 1.5% (0%-4.2%) | 50.0% (25.6%-74.4%) | 0.03 (0.01-0.20) |
Kigali, Rwanda (1.0) | 0.5% (0%-1.4%) | 2.8% (1.6%-4.0%)iii | 0.18 (0.03-1.20) |
Dakar, Senegal (2.9) | 0.4% (0%-1.3%) | 4.5% (0.8%-8.3%) | 0.10 (0.01-0.80) |
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (3.4) | 0.3% (0%-1.0%) | 3.9% (0.7%-7.1%) | 0.09 (0.01-0.77) |
Kampala, Uganda (1.6) | 4.9% (1.0%-8.8%) | 50.0% (40.9%-59.1%)iii | 0.10 (0.04-0.22) |
Lusaka, Zambia (1.7) | 0% | 10.8% (5.7%-16.0%)iii | -- |