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Table 4 Insecticide treated net use in Rufiji district and its distribution from each selected ward across sex, age group and socio-economic status

From: Epidemiological characterization of malaria in rural southern Tanzania following China-Tanzania pilot joint malaria control baseline survey

Ward

n = 5285 (57.5)

Gender

Age group

Socio-economic status

Male n = 2241 (54.2)

Female n = 3044 (60.2)

< 5 n = 1095 (63.6)

5–15 n = 1427 (48.4)

> 15 n = 2763 (61.1)

Poorest n = 543 (39.2)

Second n = 691 (51.2)

Third n = 772 (55.7)

Fourth n = 887 (60.0)

Least poor n = 1080 (80.1)

Ikwiriri

1728 (69.6)

727 (66.0)

1001 (72.4)

341 (76.3)

490 (64.1)

897 (70.6)

67 (34.5)

233 (62.8)

257 (71.2)

294 (76.8)

434 (83.0)

Kibiti

1289 (52.2)

522 (48.7)

767 (55.0)

279 (60)

341 (42.5)

669 (55.7)

579 (57.8)

92 (34.0)

170 (49.6)

179 (58.5)

379 (76.9)

Bungu

1030 (46.3)

441 (44.1)

589 (48.0)

215 (51.1)

287 (37.4)

528 (50.9)

89 (34.5)

178 (41.8)

179 (40.3)

224 (56.3)

160 (76.6)

Chumbi

1238 (61.4)

551 (57.3)

687 (65.2)

260 (66.7)

309 (50.4)

669 (66.0)

249 (45.7)

188 (66.9)

166 (70.0)

190 (68.6)

107 (87.0)

  1. Overall sex p = 0.000
  2. Ikwiriri sex p = 0.001
  3. Kibiti sex p = 0.002
  4. Chumbi sex p = 0.003