Table 1 Sex/age distributions (number and percentages) and parasite rates ( P. falciparum ) of children included in the Mendela survey during the three seasons
| Â | Dry season 2001 | Rainy season 2001 | Dry season 2002 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n | % | Parasite rate (%) | n | % | Parasite rate (%) | n | % | Parasite rate (%) |
Sex | |||||||||
  F | 365 | 51.5 | 57.5 | 361 | 51.4 | 56.5 | 358 | 49.2 | 59.0 |
  M | 344 | 48.5 | 58.4 | 341 | 48.6 | 60.1 | 370 | 50.8 | 57.0 |
Age | |||||||||
  0-1 year | 4 | 0.6 | 75.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 100 | 8 | 1.1 | 50.0 |
  1-3 years | 119 | 16.8 | 52.1 | 90 | 12.8 | 66.7 | 110 | 15.1 | 45.5 |
  3-6 years | 230 | 32.4 | 60.0 | 223 | 31.8 | 59.6 | 208 | 28.6 | 63.0 |
  6-9 years | 197 | 27.8 | 58.4 | 200 | 28.5 | 53.5 | 181 | 24.9 | 63.5 |
  9-12 years | 144 | 20.3 | 57.6 | 158 | 22.5 | 60.1 | 155 | 21.3 | 56.8 |
  12-15 years | 15 | 2.1 | 66.6 | 29 | 4.1 | 48.3 | 66 | 9.1 | 50.0 |
Total | 709 | 100 | - | 702 | 100 | - | 728 | 100 | - |