Assessing the risk of self-diagnosed malaria in urban informal settlements of Nairobi using self-reported morbidity survey

Table 3 Distributions of self-reported malaria as illness among study participants

Variable	N	Cases	Prevalence	x²*test: p*-value
Total Population	1394	392	28.1
Slums				p = 0.008
Korogocho	610	208	34.1
Viwandani	392	184	46.9
Gender				p = 0.25
Female	654	174	26.6
Male	739	218	29.5
Age group (Years)				p < 0.001
Under 5	343	81	23.6
5–14	235	50	21.3
15–24	214	60	28.0
25–40	367	136	37.1
>40	235	65	27.7
Ethnicity				p < 0.001
Kikuyu	367	83	22.6
Kamba	311	101	32.5
Luha	199	63	31.7
Luo	305	108	35.4
Other	212	37	17.5
Symptoms Scores				p < 0.001
Score 0	413	24	5.8
Score 1	139	15	10.8
Score 2	291	101	34.7
Score 3	290	125	43.1
Score 4	168	76	45.2
Score 5+	93	51	54.8

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