Sharp decline of malaria cases in the Burie Zuria, Dembia, and Mecha districts, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2012–2014: descriptive analysis of surveillance data

Table 1 Comparisons of numbers of confirmed malaria cases in three district, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2013^a–2014

District	2013—16 to 26	2013—27 to 52	2014—1 to 26	2014—27 to 52
Burie Zuria
Study data	2384	6113	1924	3399
Surveillance data	3577	6234	1819	3413
Difference	−1193	−121	105	−14
Difference (%) divided by study data	−50	−2	5	0
Dembia
Study data	4720	7942	2238	6329
Surveillance data	4692	7728	2378	6802
Difference	28	214	−140	−473
Difference (%) divided by study data	1	3	−6	−7
Mecha
Study data	5607	5887	1438	2595
Surveillance data	5647	4697	1136	3331
Difference	−40	1190	302	−736
Difference (%) divided by study data	−1	20	21	−28

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