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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Assessing the effect of indoor residual spraying (IRS) on malaria morbidity in Northern Uganda: a before and after study

District

Facility

Total OPD attendance

OPD female (% of total OPD)

OPD <5 years (% of total OPD)

Malaria diagnosis (% of total OPD)

Malaria diagnosis <5 years (% of total diagnosis)

Total BS tests done

Positive BS (SPR)

Apac

Aduku HCIV

150,090

90,625 (60.4)

51,249 (34.1)

45,120 (30.1)

25,208 (55.9)

58,884

23,362 (39.7)

Gulu

Lacor Hospital

845,254

515,362 (61.0)

286,836 (33.9)

164,117 (19.4)

110,229 (67.2)

289,288

95,207 (32.9)

Military Hospital

54,399

22,343 (41.1)

13,330 (24.5)

18,331 (33.7)

5000 (27.3)

11,347

2981 (26.3)

GRRH

246,216

152,137 (61.8)

48,654 (19.8)

73,620 (29.9)

25,406 (34.5)

24,698

8539 (34.6)

Lalogi HCIV

142,211

85,412 (60.1)

52,419 (36.9)

36,032 (25.3)

18,784 (52.1)

26,092

15,299 (58.6)

Gulu Independent

44,130

23,557 (53.4)

6382 (14.5)

4969 (11.3)

1574 (31.7)

16,802

2640 (15.7)

Awach HCIV

86,815

56,469 (65.0)

27,615 (31.8)

35,123 (40.5)

15,468 (44.0)

7462

2264 (30.3)

Kitgum

KGH

387,499

226,537 (58.5)

114,172 (29.5)

126,286 (32.6)

58,166 (46.1)

91,442

38,229 (41.8)

SJH

187,745

105,085 (56.0)

71,644 (38.2)

65,346 (34.8)

37,771 (57.8)

75,915

30,097 (39.6)

Namokora HCIV

173,438

93,578 (54.0)

58,417 (33.7)

45,483 (26.2)

20,697 (45.5)

5857

2798 (47.8)

Total

 

2,779,246

1,652,054 (59.4%)

876,584 (31.5%)

736,034 (26.5%)

374,826 (50.9%)

664,000

244,417 (37.5)

  1. OPD Out patients Department, BS blood slide, SPR slide positivity rate, HCIV Health Centre IV, GRRH Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, KGH Kitgum Government Hospital, SJH St. Joseph’ Hospital