Table 2 Prevalence of parasitaemia and anaemia stratified by schools and districts

From: Prevalence of malaria parasitaemia in school children from two districts of Ghana earmarked for indoor residual spraying: a cross-sectional study

	Parasitaemia				Haemoglobin
	No		Yes		≥11 g/dl		10.9–7 g/dl		<7 g/dl
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Adansi South^a
Apagya	176	72.1	68	27.9	136	57.1	89	37.4	13	5.5
Asarekrom	64	38.1	104	61.9	62	36.9	103	61.3	3	1.8
Kokotenten	50	37.6	83	62.4	40	30.1	87	65.4	6	4.5
Kwame Nkyi	32	47.1	36	52.9	20	29.4	47	69.1	1	1.5
New Edubiase	211	79.0	56	21.0	148	55.4	108	40.5	11	4.1
Nsata Subiriso	40	37.0	68	63.0	20	18.5	82	75.9	6	5.6
Total	573	58.0	415	42.0	426	43.4	516	52.4	40	4.1
Wa West^a
Kpanfa	159	74.7	54	25.3	152	72.0	59	28.0	0	0
Lassie Tuolu	117	48.0	127	52.0	162	66.9	80	33.1	0	0
Nyoli	116	56.9	88	43.1	174	86.6	27	13.4	0	0
Total	392	59.3	269	40.7	488	74.6	166	25.4	0	0

^aChi squared test for heterogeneity for parasitaemia and haemoglobin: Adansi South, p < 0.0001; Wa West, p < 0.001; overall p < 0.001.

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