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Table 2 Summary of attendance, testing and malaria positivity by region, December 2012–November 2013

From: Pregnant women and infants as sentinel populations to monitor prevalence of malaria: results of pilot study in Lake Zone of Tanzania

Characteristic

Pregnant women

Infants aged 9–12 months

Kagera

Mara

Mwanza

Total

Kagera

Mara

Mwanza

Total

Number of participants attending clinic

16,844

9177

25,446

51,467

13,798

8050

13,307

35,155

Number tested

8283

6701

6200

21,184

4823

5619

2688

13,130

Proportion of participants tested (%)

49.2

73.0

24.4

41.2

35.0

69.8

20.2

37.3

Number positive

1158

782

733

2673

668

417

360

1445

Malaria positivity: % (95 % CI)

14.3 (11.9, 16.8)

11.5 (8.4, 14.7)

11.9 (10.2, 13.6)

12.8 (11.3, 14.3)

13.7 (11.1, 16.3)

7.5 (5.2, 9.8)

13.1 (10.5, 15.8)

11.0 (9.5, 12.5)