Malaria prevalence in Bata district, Equatorial Guinea: a cross-sectional study

Ncogo, Policarpo; Herrador, Zaida; Romay-Barja, Maria; García-Carrasco, Emely; Nseng, Gloria; Berzosa, Pedro; Santana-Morales, Maria A.; Riloha, Matilde; Aparicio, Pilar; Valladares, Basilio; Benito, Agustín

doi:10.1186/s12936-015-0986-7

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Individual characteristics, health status and malaria-related behaviours, Bata district, Equatorial Guinea, June–August 2013

From: Malaria prevalence in Bata district, Equatorial Guinea: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics	Urban (n = 1043)		Rural (n = 698)		p value
Characteristics	No.	(%)	No.	(%)	p value
Individual characteristics
Sex
Male	458	43.91	297	42.55	0.574
Female	585	56.09	401	57.45	0.574
Age group
≤12 months	273	26.17	130	18.62	<0.001
13 months–5 years	320	30.68	197	28.22
6–15 years	294	28.19	222	31.81
≥15 years	156	14.96	149	21.35
Ethnic group
Fang	849	81.40	600	85.96	0.040
Combe	87	8.34	41	5.87
Other	107	10.26	57	8.17
Know how to read and write^a
Yes	322	71.56	222	59.84	0.002
No	121	26.89	141	38.01
Don’t know/Don’t answer	7	1.56	8	2.16
Household characteristics
Family source of income
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector	11	1.10	154	23.23	<0.001
Employment as employee	597	59.88	251	37.86
Self-employed	311	31.19	212	31.98
Other	78	7.82	46	6.94
Number of children
≤3 children	348	33.37	201	28.80	0.044
>3 children	695	66.63	497	71.20	0.044
Number of adults
≤2 adults	235	22.53	151	21.63	0.007
3–4 adults	420	40.27	237	33.95
≥5 adults	388	37.20	310	44.41
Health status
Did you have had fever in the last 24 h?
Yes	84	8.15	81	11.76	0.029
No	945	91.66	605	87.81
Don’t know/Don’t answer	2	0.19	3	0.44
Do you have any discomfort at present time?
Yes	100	9.83	144	21.05	<0.001
No	915	89.97	538	78.65
Don’t know/Don’t answer	2	0.20	2	0.29
Are you taking any drug at the present time?
Yes	105	10.49	117	17.11	<0.001
No	894	89.31	567	82.89
Don’t know/Don’t answer	2	0.20	0	0.00
Did you have malaria the last year?
Yes	514	49.52	365	52.90	0.168
No	515	49.61	315	45.65
Don’t know/Don’t answer	9	0.87	10	1.45
Current fever
Yes	30	2.91	50	7.16	<0.001
No	1002	97.09	648	92.84	<0.001
Anaemia^b
Yes	749	82.85	499	89.59	<0.001
No	155	17.15	58	10.41	<0.001
Malaria related-behaviours
Do you sleep outside the house?
Always	13	1.26	17	2.47	0.024
Sometimes	16	1.55	18	2.61
Never	1002	97.09	650	94.34
Don’t know/Don’t answer	1	0.10	4	0.58
Do you sleep under a bed net?
Always	754	73.06	253	36.67	<0.001
Sometimes	50	4.84	69	10.00
Never	227	22.00	365	52.90
Don’t know/Don’t answer	1	0.10	3	0.43
Do you use spray or mosquito coil?
Always	21	2.04	6	0.87	0.185
Sometimes	18	1.75	15	2.17
Never	990	96.02	666	96.52
Don’t know/Don’t answer	2	0.19	3	0.43

^aOnly ≥6 years old
^bOnly <15 years old

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