Nationwide school malaria parasitaemia survey in public primary schools, the United Republic of Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Table 2 Number of included councils, schools and children, by transmission area

	Councils				Schools				Children		Total pop. (2010) *, %
	N	Children per council			N	Children per school			N	%
	N	Mean	Min	Max	%	Mean	Min	Max	N	%
Transmission zone*
Low stable	30	253.5	111	546	88	86.4	44	166	7606	15.5	25.4
Hypo-endemic 1	40	296.1	64	501	130	91.1	42	157	11,845	24.1	20.4
Hypo-endemic 2	27	303.3	97	653	91	90	44	199	8188	16.7	13.3
Meso-endemic	67	316.5	89	1109	224	94.7	44	165	21,208	43.2	38.4
Hyper-holo-endemic	1	146	146	146	2	73	73	73	146	0.3	2.3
Missing**	1	120	120	120	2	60	60	60	120	0.2	–
Total	166	295.9	64	1109	537	91.5	42	199	49,113	100	100

* Source: Epidemiological profile Tanzania, 2013 [1]; ** no data for Mafia council in Pwani Region

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