Epidemiology of malaria in the Taabo health and demographic surveillance system, south-central Côte d’Ivoire

Table 2 Prevalence of Plasmodium infection and geometric mean parasitaemia of the sample population in the Taabo HDSS

	Prevalence of Plasmodium infection				GMP (parasites/µl of blood)
	2010 (%)	OR (95 % CI)	2011 (%)	OR (95 % CI)	2010	2011
Overall	46.0^a		56.6^b		632.5	520.6
Gender
Male	49.6 (285/575)	1.00	62.8 (369/588)	1.00	617.9	479.1
Female	42.6 (261/612)	0.8 (0.60–0.95)^†	51.2 (346/676)	0.6 (0.49–0.77)^†	648.8	568.7
p-value	<0.05		<0.001		0.822	0.177
Residency
Hamlets	40.0 (80/200)	1.00	49.1 (113/230)	1.00	678	401.7
Villages	50.9 (398/782)	1.6 (1.13–2.13)^†	60.5 (527/871)	1.6 (1.18–2.12)^†	611.7	586.5^a
Urban	33.2 (68/205)	0.7 (0.49–1.11)	46.0 (75/163)	0.9 (0.59–1.31)	708.8	332.8^b
p-value	<0.001		<0.001		0.856	0.006

For each parameter, different letters in the same row or column indicate that their difference is significant (p < 0.05)
CI confidence interval, GMP geometric mean parasitaemia, OR odds ratio
^† Notes that p-value < 0.05