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Table 2 Distribution of some of the important variables by years of observation and transmission of malaria in the villages under study, Sistan-va-Baluchestan province, Iran (total number of villages 122)

From: The effects of electricity network development besides routine malaria control measures in an underdeveloped region in the pre-elimination phase

Year

Malaria transmission

Availability of electricity

Indoor residual spraying

Precipitations during spring and summer

Category of the village with respect to the availability of health servicesa

Not available no. (%)

Available no. (%)

P value*

Not sprayed no. (%)

Sprayed no. (%)

P value*

No rain no. (%)

Rain no. (%)

P value*

Main no. (%)

Satellite no. (%)

Mobile team no. (%)

P value*

2005

Not

9 (50.0)

37 (35.6)

0.295

39 (42.9)

7 (22.6)

0.054

18 (31.0)

28 (43.8)

0.191

9 (36.0)

29 (49.2)

8 (21.1)

0.018

Yes

9 (50.0)

67 (64.4)

 

52 (57.1)

24 (77.4)

 

40 (69.0)

36 (56.2)

 

16 (64.0)

30 (50.8)

30 (78.9)

 

2006

Not

13 (86.7)

52 (48.6)

0.006

52 (59.1)

13 (28.2)

0.045

50 (51.0)

15 (62.5)

0.366

9 (36.0)

31 (52.5)

25 (65.8)

0.073

Yes

2 (13.3)

55 (51.4)

 

36 (40.9)

21 (61.8)

 

48 (49.0)

9 (37.5)

 

16 (64.0)

28 (47.5)

13 (34.2)

 

2007

Not

7 (53.8)

36 (33.0)

0.217

38 (44.7)

5 (13.5)

0.001

0 (0)

43 (35.2)

5 (20.0)

22 (37.3)

16 (42.1)

0.194

Yes

6 (46.2)

73 (67.0)

 

47 (55.3)

32 (86.5)

 

0 (0)

79 (64.8)

 

20 (80.0)

37 (62.7)

22 (57.9)

 

2008

Not

4 (80.0)

55 (47.0)

0.196

52 (58.4)

7 (21.2)

0.000

59 (48.4)

0 (0)

11 (44.0)

26 (44.1)

22 (57.9)

0.360

Yes

1 (20.0)

62 (53.0)

 

37 (41.6)

26 (78.8)

 

63 (51.6)

0 (0)

 

14 (56.0)

33 (55.9)

16 (42.1)

 

2009

Not

1 (33.3)

62 (52.1)

0.610

45 (60.8)

18 (37.5)

0.016

51 (52.0)

12 (50.0)

1.000

14 (56.0)

32 (54.2)

17 (44.7)

0.575

Yes

2 (66.7)

57 (47.9)

 

29 (39.2)

30 (62.5)

 

47 (48.0)

12 (50.0)

 

11 (44.0)

27 (45.8)

21 (55.3)

 
  1. * Two-sided Fisher exact test
  2. aFor a description about the categories (main village; satellite village and mobile team villages) please refer to “Methods” section