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Table 1 Suspected and slide-confirmed annual malaria cases at Walga Health Center, Abeshge District, South-Central Ethiopia, from 2008–2012

From: Past five-year trend, current prevalence and household knowledge, attitude and practice of malaria in Abeshge, south-central Ethiopia

Year

Number of examined

Slide-positivea

Infection category

Male (N = 17626)

Female (N = 16434)

Total

P. falciparum mono

P. vivax mono

Mixed

no (%)

no (%)

no (%)

no (%)

no (%)

no (%)

no (%)

2008

6504 (19.5)

1360 (51.3)

1293 (48.7)

2653 (40.8)

916 (34.5)

1687 (63.6)

50 (1.9)

2009

7167 (21.4)

1715 (51.5)

1618 (48.5)

3333 (46.5)

1634 (49.0)

1646 (49.4)

53 (1.6)

2010

8864 (26.5)

1996 (52.1)

1838 (47.9)

3834 (43.3)

2531 (66.0)

1265 (33.0)

38 (1.0)

2011

5816 (17.4)

547 (56.3)

425 (43.7)

972 (16.7)

373 (38.4)

593 (61.0)

6 (0.6)

2012

5709 (16.8)

405 (55.4)

326 (44.6)

731 (12.8)

435 (59.5)

293 (40.1)

3 (0.41)

Total†

34,060 (100)

6023 (52.3, 34.1)

5500 (47.7, 33.5)

11,523 (33.8)

5889 (51.1)

5484 (47.6)

150 (1.3)

  1. no number of individuals, % percentage, N total males/females examined in the 5 years
  2. ain the health centre record the number of total males or females examined in each year was not sorted out by sex, only slide-positives were available. So the proportion indicated here is out of total, it is not for the proportion of infected individuals in each sex category. † the first numbers in the parentheses (columns 3 & 4) refer to the proportion of males/females from the total slide-positives in each group. The second number refers to the total slide-positives among males/females from the totals examined in each group