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Table 1 Sociodemography characteristics of malaria-suspected febrile patients in three health centres and one hospital in North Gondar, northwest Ethiopia, 2013 (n = 300)

From: Plasmodium ovale curtisi and Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in North-West Ethiopia

Variables

Frequency

Percentage

Sites

Kola Diba

65

21.7

Maksegnet

72

24

Enfranze

113

37.7

Metema

50

16.6

Gender

Male

167

55.7

Female

133

44.3

Age

<5

30

10

5-14

61

20.3

15-44

183

61

>44

26

8.7

Religion

Orthodox

281

93. 7

Muslim

13

4.3

Others

6

2

Ethnicity

Amhara

275

91.7

Tigrea

21

7

Others

4

1.3

Educational status

Illiterate

112

37.3

Read and write

100

33.3

Elementary completed and above

88

29.4