Table 2 Falciparum malaria incidence per 1,000 weeks exposure in ITN and control villages (from 10 May 1998 to 28 February 1999)

Dabhine

Pair 1

677

4.04

(97 /24034)

715

15.25

(376 /24662)

0.26

−11.21

Pair 2

522

7.37

(137 /18592)

653

3.51

(83 /23625)

2.09

+3.86

Pair 3

429

1.57

(24 /15304)

280

9.38

(91 /9697)

0.17

−7.81

Pair 4

208

2.83

(21 /7411)

171

8.03

(48 /5980)

0.35

−5.20

Pair 5

67

2.13

(5 /2343)

71

13.32

(33 /2477)

0.16

−11.19

Myothugyi

Pair 6

74

3.68

(9 /2447)

44

3.84

(6 /1562)

0.96

−0.16

Pair 7

737

0.23

(6 /26632)

786

0.46

(13 /28427)

0.50

−0.23

Pair 8

482

0.06

(1 /17344)

595

0.97

(21 /21637)

0.06

−0.91

Pair 9

653

1.61

(37 /22973)

631

0.57

(13 /22852)

2.82

+1.04

Pair 10

140

2.90

(14 /4824)

107

7.68

(29 /3775)

0.38

−4.78

Total

3,989

2.47

(351 /141903)

4053

4.93

(713 /144694)

weighted paired t-test p = 0.216