Table 1 Characteristics of study participants by administrative region, Ethiopian Malaria Indicator Survey-2015 (EMIS-2015)
From: Multiplex serology demonstrate cumulative prevalence and spatial distribution of malaria in Ethiopia
|  | Tigray | Afar | Amhara | Oromia | Somali | Benishangul-Gumuz | Southern Nations and Nationalities Peoples’ | Gambela | Harari | Diredawa | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender % (95% CI) | n = 8743 | ||||||||||
 Male | 46.5 (44.1–48.9) | 47.6 (42.9–52.3) | 50.9 (47.4–54.3) | 48.2 (45.6–50.9) | 45.1 (40.8–49.4) | 45.3 (40.8–49.9) | 46.4 (44.3–48.5) | 41.4 (37.4–45.5) | 47.4 (3.0–65.4) | 40.5 (33.1–48.4) | 47.7 (46.3–49.2) |
 Female | 53.3 (51.1–55.9) | 52.4 (47.7–57.1) | 49.1 (45.7–52.6) | 51.8 (49.1–54.4) | 54.9 (50.6–59.2) | 54.7 (50.1–59.2) | 53.6 (51.5–55.7) | 58.6 (54.5–62.6) | 52.6 (34.6–70.0) | 59.5 (51.6–66.9) | 52.3 (50.8–53.7) |
Age group (years)% (95% CI) | |||||||||||
 0–5 | 43.8 (39.6–48.0) | 66.6 (63.7–69.3) | 40.8 (37.1–44.7) | 44.6 (41.5–47.9) | 61.7 (58.8–64.6) | 49.5 (41.5–57.5) | 45.4 (43.2–47.7) | 54.8 (50.8–58.8) | 25.5 (12.9–44.2) | 46.0 (35.3–57.1) | 44.8 (43.0–46.5) |
 5–15 | 17.7 (15.2–20.4) | 12.8 (9.2–17.5) | 20.5 (18.0–23.3) | 18.8 (15.8–22.3) | 14.6 (11.7–18.1) | 16.0 (12.9–19.6) | 20.8 (18.9–22.9) | 18.9 (16.6–21.5) | 3.5 (1.0–11.6) | 10.2 (6.6–15.4) | 19.4 (17.8–21.1) |
 15–25 | 13.3 (11.3–15.6) | 6.1 (3.9–9.4) | 12.6 (9.5–16.6) | 11.6 (10.0–13.4) | 5.2 (3.6–7.5) | 11.5 (7.8–16.6) | 11.4 (9.7–13.4) | 10.7 (8.3–13.8) | 22.1 (17.4–27.5) | 14.0 (10.9–17.9) | 11.7 (10.7–12.8) |
 25–50 | 17.1 (14.9–19.4) | 14.1 (12.1–16.4) | 19.2 (16.2–22.6) | 19.7 (17.5–22.1) | 14.6 (13.0–16.4) | 14.5 (10.7–19.3) | 17.1 (15.6–18.6) | 12.3 (1.1–15.0) | 36.8 (29.3–45.0) | 21.7 (15.9–28.9) | 18.5 (17.3–19.8) |
 50+ | 8.2 (6.6–10.1) | 0.5 (0.1–1.5) | 6.9 (5.1–9.1) | 5.2 (3.9–7.0) | 3.8 (2.7–5.3) | 8.6 (5.3–13.5) | 5.2 (4.1–6.6) | 3.2 (2.3–4.5) | 12.1 (7.4–19.2) | 8.1 (4.5–14.2) | 5.7 (4.9–6.6) |
Elevation (m) % (95% CI) | n = 8740* | ||||||||||
 < 1000 | 5.6 (1.6–17.4) | 38.0 (13.7–70.4) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 28.6 (12.6–52.7) | 8.2 (1.1–52.7) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 88.4 (72.1–95.8 | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.9 (0.1–6.7) | 1.9 (1.2–2.8) |
 1000–2000 | 64.3 (46.8–78.6) | 62.0 (29.6–86.3) | 53.4 (33.2–72.5) | 77.4 (47.3–87.4) | 71.4 (47.3–87.4) | 91.8 (57.4–98.9) | 79.0 (67.3–87.3) | 11.6 (4.2–27.9) | 100 (100.0–100.0) | 99.1 (93.9–99.9) | 73.1 (65.6–79.4) |
 > 2000 | 30.2 (16.5–48.5) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 46.6 (27.5–66.8) | 22.6 (13.1–36.1) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 21 (12.7–32.7) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 25.0 (18.8–32.5) |
Bed net use (last night) % (95% CI) | n = 5168** | ||||||||||
 Yes | 57.6 (50.3–64.5) | 80.5 (65.7–89.9) | 59.1 (48.1–69.4) | 69.6 (59.6–78.1) | 75.2 (61.2–85.4) | 66.1 (54.3–76.2) | 55.7 (49.4–61.8) | 84.7 (76.0–90.6) | 33.5 (12.8–63.3) | 25 (14.3–41.6) | 62.1 (57.5–66.6) |
 No | 42.4 (35.5–49.7) | 19.5 (10.1–34.3) | 40.9 (30.6–51.9) | 30.4 (21.9–40.4) | 24.8 (14.6–38.8) | 33.9 (23.8–45.7) | 44.3 (38.2–50.6) | 15.3 (9.4–24.0) | 66.5 (36.7–87.2) | 74.4 (58.4–85.7) | 37.9 (33.4–42.5) |
RDT results % (95% CI) | |||||||||||
 Pf | 0.8 (0.4–1.6) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.7 (0.2–1.8) | 0.2 (0.1–0.6) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 6.2 (2.2–16.3) | 0.2 (0.1–0.5) | 16.8 (11.8–23.2) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.5 (0.3–0.7) |
 Pan | 0.7 (0.3–1.3) | 0.2 (0.0–1.3) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.1 (0.0–0.4) | 0.1 (0.0–0.8) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.4 (0.1–1.2) | 0.1 (0.0–0.6) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.2 (0.1–0.4) |
 Pf/Pan | 0.1 (0.0–0.6) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.5 (0.1–1.8) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.4 (0.0–2.6) | 0.2 (0.0–0.6) | 1.7 (0.9–3.0) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.1 (0.1–0.3) |
 Negative | 98.4 (97.4–99.0) | 99.8 (98.7–100.0) | 98.9 (96.7–99.6) | 99.7 (99.3–99.8) | 99.9 (99.2–100.0) | 93.5 (82.3–97.8) | 99.3 (98.3–99.7) | 81.5 (74.5–86.9) | 100 (100.0–100.0) | 100 100.0–100.0) | 99.2 (98.8–99.4) |