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Table 6 Knowledge of causes of malaria

From: How far is the journey before malaria is knocked out in Zimbabwe: results of the malaria indicator survey 2016

Percentage who reported specific causes of malaria

Background characteristic

Mosquito bites

Dirty water

Watermelon/sugarcane

Harmful spirits

Other

Don't know

Number of respondents

Total

84.7

14.2

5.4

0.1

7.1

4.4

8026

Head of household

 Male

86.1

14.3

5.7

0.2

6.9

3.4

5212

 Female

82.0

14.0

4.9

0.1

7.5

6.3

2815

Transmission level

 Moderate

80.9

16.2

5.4

0.1

8.8

6.7

2543

 High

86.4

13.3

5.4

0.2

6.4

3.4

5484

Age

 15–19

83.5

13.0

1.5

0.7

4.2

7.1

85

 20–24

84.5

8.3

4.3

0.0

5.5

8.3

356

 25–29

88.4

9.8

6.9

0.0

10.2

1.5

877

 30–34

90.3

9.8

3.7

0.0

2.9

5.8

1272

 35–39

89.4

14.5

5.3

0.2

7.5

2.1

1017

 40–44

88.6

13.1

5.1

0.0

7.1

2.0

852

 45–49

87.0

15.9

4.7

0.3

7.5

1.5

590

 50–54

85.9

14.0

5.3

0.1

5.6

3.0

590

 55–59

82.0

18.0

5.6

0.2

9.5

3.5

552

 60–64

82.0

19.3

7.3

0.2

8.9

10.2

525

 65–69

71.7

20.7

4.8

0.0

7.2

4.7

475

 70–74

69.0

21.7

7.6

1.0

11.6

8.6

270

 75–79

72.8

18.4

7.8

0.3

8.9

7.8

214

 80–84

65.2

19.5

10.3

0.0

10.7

9.3

134

 85+ 

67.7

18.7

8.4

0.0

5.4

9.5

119

 Missing

82.6

7.4

2.3

0.0

3.8

10.5

97

Wealth quintile

 Lowest

79.2

15.7

7.4

0.2

8.4

5.5

1380

 Second

83.5

15.3

6.6

0.3

7.2

4.2

1473

 Middle

83.9

17.2

5.6

0.1

6.3

3.6

1463

 Fourth

83.4

16.1

4.9

0.0

7.9

2.6

1542

 Highest

90.3

9.2

3.6

0.1

6.3

5.8

2169

  1. Percentage distribution of household members who identified specific causes of malaria in the community, by background characteristics, Zimbabwe MIS 2016