A national health facility survey of malaria infection among febrile patients in Kenya, 2014

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Background characteristics of 10,544 surveyed patients from 234 public health facilities in Kenya 2014

Background characteristic	Lake endemic N = 1847	Coast endemic N = 2163	Highland epidemic N = 2213	Seasonal low transmission N = 2247	Low risk N = 2074	Total N = 10,544
Patients
Age (years)
<5	606	794	634	471	534	3039
5–14	525	581	524	461	410	2501
≥15	716	788	1055	1315	1130	5004
Male	774	956	928	929	787	4374
Female	1073	1207	1285	1318	1287	6170
Pregnant	51	77	70	126	108	432
Facility type
Total facilities	37	47	50	54	46	234
Hospital	5	5	3	5	5	23
Health centre	12	11	22	27	27	99
Dispensary	20	31	25	22	14	112

ISSN: 1475-2875