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Table 1 Population baseline characteristics of the study population

From: Evaluation of Plasmodium vivax malaria recurrence in Brazil

Variables

Categories

Patients

n = 128,675 (%)

Malaria cases

n = 153,203 (%)

Results per specie

Parasitaemia

Vivax

Falciparum

Mixed F + V

Malariae

Non falciparum

Less than half cross

Half to one cross

Two crosses

Three–four crosses

Age

≤ 3 years

7231 (5.62)

8584 (5.6)

690 (0.45)

34 (0.02)

0 (0)

77 (0.05)

1900 (1.24)

2791 (1.82)

4082 (2.67)

507 (0.33)

4–8 years

9884 (7.68)

10,837 (7.07)

1060 (0.69)

54 (0.04)

1 (0)

69 (0.05)

3039 (1.98)

3799 (2.48)

4686 (3.06)

406 (0.27)

9–11 years

6344 (4.93)

6930 (4.52)

676 (0.44)

26 (0.02)

1 (0)

41 (0.03)

2192 (1.43)

2477 (1.62)

2785 (1.82)

166 (0.11)

12–14 years

7036 (5.47)

7637 (4.98)

680 (0.44)

42 (0.03)

0 (0)

32 (0.02)

2260 (1.48)

2866 (1.87)

3065 (2)

156 (0.1)

15–35 years

39,704 (30.86)

41,928 (27.37)

4467 (2.92)

333 (0.22)

16 (0.01)

152 (0.1)

12,328 (8.05)

14,754 (9.64)

18,412 (12.02)

1167 (0.76)

Older than 36 years

58,476 (45.44)

57,099 (37.27)

11,284 (7.37)

370 (0.24)

18 (0.01)

65 (0.04)

24,565 (16.04)

24,878 (16.25)

18,198 (11.88)

1069 (0.7)

Gender

Female

51,327 (39.89)

52,861 (34.5)

7658 (5)

313 (0.2)

5 (0)

197 (0.13)

19,469 (12.71)

20,956 (13.69)

19,037 (12.43)

1282 (0.84)

Male

77,346 (60.11)

80,153 (52.32)

11,198 (7.31)

546 (0.36)

31 (0.02)

239 (0.16)

26,814 (17.51)

30,608 (19.99)

32,191 (21.02)

2189 (1.43)

Race

White

8825 (6.97)

9198 (6)

1182 (0.77)

59 (0.04)

0 (0)

21 (0.01)

2893 (1.89)

3203 (2.09)

4022 (2.63)

311 (0.2)

African background

5024 (3.97)

4983 (3.25)

872 (0.57)

46 (0.03)

3 (0)

11 (0.01)

1548 (1.01)

1768 (1.15)

2400 (1.57)

184 (0.12)

Asian background

1310 (1.03)

1356 (0.89)

161 (0.11)

14 (0.01)

0 (0)

2 (0)

369 (0.24)

441 (0.29)

656 (0.43)

64 (0.04)

Mixed background

88,927 (70.25)

91,756 (59.89)

14,344 (9.36)

608 (0.4)

23 (0.02)

162 (0.11)

34,902 (22.79)

34,355 (22.44)

35,081 (22.91)

2230 (1.46)

Native indigenous

22,492 (17.77)

23,139 (15.1)

2250 (1.47)

129 (0.08)

8 (0.01)

240 (0.16)

6119 (4)

11,017 (7.19)

7766 (5.07)

583 (0.38)

Not informed

14,594 (11.34)

2583 (1.69)

48 (0.03)

3 (0)

2 (0)

0 (0)

453 (0.3)

781 (0.51)

1303 (0.85)

99 (0.06)

Years in School

Illiterate

77,141 (59.95)

14,523 (9.48)

2199 (1.44)

94 (0.06)

3 (0)

80 (0.05)

5721 (3.74)

5694 (3.72)

5033 (3.29)

347 (0.23)

Incomplete/complete fundamental studies

20,725 (16.11)

78,780 (51.42)

11,958 (7.81)

534 (0.35)

28 (0.02)

236 (0.15)

27,919 (18.23)

31,415 (20.52)

30,006 (19.6)

1826 (1.19)

Incomplete/complete high school

2227 (1.73)

22,637 (14.78)

2961 (1.93)

152 (0.1)

5 (0)

23 (0.02)

7892 (5.15)

8428 (5.5)

8889 (5.81)

531 (0.35)

Graduation

13,988 (10.87)

1180 (0.77)

157 (0.1)

3 (0)

0 (0)

2 (0)

454 (0.3)

444 (0.29)

413 (0.27)

29 (0.02)

Not informed

7231 (5.62)

15,895 (10.38)

1582 (1.03)

76 (0.05)

0 (0)

95 (0.06)

4298 (2.81)

5584 (3.65)

6887 (4.5)

738 (0.48)

Economic activity

Domestic

12,062 (9.37)

13,056 (8.52)

1595 (1.04)

77 (0.05)

0 (0)

27 (0.02)

4353 (2.84)

4991 (3.26)

5093 (3.33)

275 (0.18)

Others

75,468 (58.65)

78,955 (51.54)

10,939 (7.14)

374 (0.24)

13 (0.01)

164 (0.11)

28,306 (18.49)

30,073 (19.64)

29,699 (19.4)

2092 (1.37)

Agriculture livestock

28,192 (21.91)

28,253 (18.44)

4393 (2.87)

186 (0.12)

4 (0)

153 (0.1)

10,213 (6.67)

12,469 (8.14)

9597 (6.27)

512 (0.33)

Tourism

2759 (2.14)

2883 (1.88)

287 (0.19)

18 (0.01)

2 (0)

8 (0.01)

649 (0.42)

1103 (0.72)

1326 (0.87)

110 (0.07)

Mining

5999 (4.66)

5722 (3.73)

1125 (0.73)

172 (0.11)

10 (0.01)

23 (0.02)

1486 (0.97)

1334 (0.87)

3812 (2.49)

368 (0.24)

Vegetal extractivism

1048 (0.81)

955 (0.62)

208 (0.14)

18 (0.01)

7 (0)

3 (0)

293 (0.19)

354 (0.23)

508 (0.33)

31 (0.02)

Fishing hunting

2758 (2.14)

2758 (1.8)

282 (0.18)

10 (0.01)

0 (0)

56 (0.04)

890 (0.58)

1101 (0.72)

970 (0.63)

75 (0.05)

Road dam construction

389 (0.3)

433 (0.28)

28 (0.02)

4 (0)

0 (0)

2 (0)

94 (0.06)

140 (0.09)

223 (0.15)

8 (0.01)