Table 1 Number of laboratory-confirmed malaria cases in 2 years of community and hospital surveillance (January 2004–December 2005)
Total number of patients with confirmed malaria | P. falciparum | P. vivax | P. malariae | Mixed Infections | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community outpatients | 68,802 | 36,848 (53.6%) | 29,144 (42.4%) | 1,325 (1.9%) | 1,485 (2.2%) |
Hospital outpatients | 24,334 | 16,895 (69.4%) | 6,181 (25.4%) | 382 (1.6%) | 876 (3.6%) |
Hospital inpatients | 6,022 | 4,195 (69.7%) | 1,146 (19.0%) | 68 (1.1%) | 613 (10.2%) |
Total | 99,158 | 57,938 (58.4%) | 36,471 (36.8%) | 1,775 (1.8%) | 2,974 (3.0%) |