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Table 5 Distribution of incidence of malaria by gender and age

From: Deployment and use of mobile phone technology for real-time reporting of fever cases and malaria treatment failure in areas of declining malaria transmission in Muheza district north-eastern Tanzania

Variable

Person-years

Malaria cases

Incidence rate

IRR (CI 95%)

p value

Gender

 Female

1412

415

293.9

1.09 (0.94–1.25)

0.255

 Male

1388

374

269

Reference

 

Age (years)

 <1

33

5

152

1.06 (0.44–2.59)

<0.001

 1–4

285

80

280

1.97 (1.52–2.56)

<0.001

 5–9

448

236

527

3.70 (3.06–4.45)

<0.001

 10–14

400

205

511

3.59 (3.00–4.36)

<0.001

 15–19

258

67

259

1.82 (1.38–2.40)

<0.001

 ≥20

1376

196

142

Reference

–

Total

2800

789

282

–

–

  1. IRR incidence rate ratio
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