Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of 1640 locally acquired and imported cases from 2013 to 2016
|  | Local (N = 753) | Imported (N = 887) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
Male | 560 | (74.4) | 756 | (85.2) | < 0.0001 |
Age category (years) | |||||
 < 5 | 17 | (2.3) | 10 | (1.1) | 0.06 |
 5–14 | 56 | (7.4) | 49 | (5.5) | |
 15–29 | 363 | (48.2) | 464 | (52.3) | |
 30–59 | 267 | (35.5) | 320 | (36.1) | |
 60+ | 50 | (6.6) | 44 | (5.0) | |
Plasmodium species | |||||
 P. falciparum | 103 | (13.7) | 81 | (9.1) | < 0.0001 |
 P. vivax | 620 | (82.3) | 798 | (90.0) | |
 Mixed | 30 | (4.0) | 8 | (0.9) | |
Diagnostic | |||||
 RDT | 285 | (37.9) | 250 | (28.2) | < 0.0001 |
 Microscopy | 444 | (59.0) | 575 | (64.8) | |
 Both | 24 | (3.2) | 62 | (6.7) | |
District | |||||
 Kailali | 498 | (66.1) | 567 | (63.9) | 0.244 |
 Kanchanpur | 183 | (24.3) | 246 | (27.7) | |
 Bardiya | 72 | (9.6) | 74 | (8.3) | |
Year | |||||
 2013 | 338 | (44.9) | 290 | (32.7) | < 0.0001 |
 2014 | 192 | (25.5) | 265 | (29.9) | |
 2015 | 94 | (12.5) | 185 | (20.9) | |
 2016 | 129 | (17.1) | 147 | (16.6) | |