Table 1 Distribution of slide positive cases and non-cases in the dataset by parasite species and age group

0 to 4

1525

3

16

61

0.20

1.05

4.00

5 to 14

1564

20

43

138

1.28

2.75

8.82

15 to 24

1408

8

63

115

0.57

4.47

8.17

25 to 34

1204

8

42

45

0.66

3.49

3.74

35 to 44

670

2

17

22

0.30

2.54

3.28

45 to 54

406

3

8

15

0.74

1.97

3.69

55 to 64

216

0

3

9

0.00

1.39

4.17

65 +

95

1

1

6

1.05

1.05

6.32