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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients with undifferentiated fever tested for malaria by VHV and BHS in Myanmar, 2015

From: Are village health volunteers as good as basic health staffs in providing malaria care? A country wide analysis from Myanmar, 2015

Characteristics

Total

VHV

BHS

p valuec

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Totala

978,735 (100)

270,155 (27.6)

708,580 (72.4)

 

Age (years)

 < 5

92,561 (9.5)

21,266 (7.9)

71,295 (10.1)

< 0.001

 5–14

181,834 (18.6)

58,906 (21.8)

122,928 (17.3)

 ≥ 15

704,340 (72.0)

189,983 (70.3)

514,357 (72.6)

Sex

 Male

564,619 (57.7)

152,010 (56.3)

412,609 (58.2)

< 0.001

 Female

414,116 (42.3)

118,145 (43.7)

295,971 (41.8)

Pregnancy statusb

 Yes

5644 (1.5)

1044 (1.0)

4600 (1.7)

< 0.001

 No

374,076 (98.5)

106,757 (99.0)

267,319 (98.3)

 
  1. All are column percentages except a which is row percentage; VHV Village health volunteers, BHS Basic health staffs; b pregnancy status is missing among 34,374 females (VHV-10325 and BHS-24049); c chi-squared test was used