Table 1 Characteristics of suspected malaria patients by age, region, health facility managing authority, and month of admission
Characteristic | Age in years, n (%) | Region, n (%) | Managing authority, n (%) | Admission month, n (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<5 | ≥5 | p value | North | Central | South | p value | Govt. | CHAM | p value | October 2011 | April 2012 | p value | |
All patients | 463 (58) | 443 (42) | 0.0003 | 218 (30) | 368 (38) | 320 (32) | 0.87 | 447 (43) | 459 (58) | 0.41 | 453 (44) | 453 (56) | <0.0001 |
Female | 240 (52) | 258 (58) | 0.19 | 114 (52) | 203 (55) | 181 (56) | 0.63 | 237 (53) | 261 (56) | 0.46 | 251 (53) | 247 (56) | 0.47 |
Pregnant | 0 (0) | 28 (6) | – | 3 (1) | 14 (3) | 11 (3) | 0.28 | 13 (2) | 15 (2) | 0.84 | 24 (5) | 4 (1) | <0.0001 |
Febrile | 427 (94) | 335 (79) | <0.0001 | 185 (89) | 311 (87) | 266 (87) | 0.84 | 376 (87) | 386 (88) | 0.61 | 371 (85) | 391 (90) | 0.075 |
Malaria testing | |||||||||||||
RDT or microscopy performed | 320 (70) | 290 (61) | 0.040 | 135 (56) | 222 (64) | 253 (78) | 0.20 | 254 (57) | 356 (72) | 0.17 | 292 (61) | 318 (70) | 0.052 |
Positive result | 235 (53) | 172 (37) | <0.0001 | 79 (34) | 170 (50) | 161 (54) | 0.13 | 174 (41) | 233 (50) | 0.19 | 162 (35) | 245 (55) | <0.0001 |
Disposition | |||||||||||||
Alive and well | 431 (96) | 400 (96) | 0.99 | 201 (97) | 332 (95) | 298 (97) | 0.79 | 402 (95) | 429 (97) | 0.24 | 408 (95) | 423 (97) | 0.13 |
Alive with morbidity | 9 (2) | 12 (2) | 4 (1) | 13 (2) | 4 (1) | 14 (2) | 7 (1) | 14 (2) | 7 (1) | ||||
Died | 12 (2) | 13 (2) | 6 (3) | 9 (2) | 10 (2) | 16 (3) | 9 (2) | 15 (3) | 10 (2) | ||||