Table 2 Demographic characteristics of confirmed malaria and non-malaria fever cases
From: Increasing trends of malaria in a border area of the Greater Mekong Subregion
Characteristics | Confirmed malaria, N (%) | Malaria negative fever, N (%) | P value* |
|---|---|---|---|
All | 6175 | 25,151 | |
Sex | |||
Male | 3876 (62.8) | 14,513 (57.7) | < 0.0001 |
Female | 2299 (37.2) | 10,638 (42.3) | |
Age (year) | |||
Mean ± SD | 18.9 ± 13.4 | 22.1 ± 16.6 | < 0.0001 |
Median (Q1–Q3) | 17 (9–24) | 20 (7–31) | < 0.0001 |
< 5 | 573 (9.3) | 4294 (17.1) | Reference |
5–14 | 2023 (32.8) | 5007 (19.9) | < 0.0001 |
15–24 | 2077 (33.6) | 6003 (23.9) | < 0.0001 |
25+ | 1502 (24.3) | 9847 (39.2) | < 0.05 |
Occupation | |||
Indoor workera | 891 (14.4) | 5675 (22.6) | Reference |
Farmer | 889 (14.6) | 4597 (18.3) | < 0.0001 |
Business person | 19 (0.3) | 135 (0.5) | ns |
Manual laborb | 113 (1.8) | 706 (2.8) | ns |
Soldier | 850 (13.7) | 3607 (14.3) | < 0.0001 |
Student | 2872 (46.5) | 6681 (26.6) | < 0.001 |
Other | 541 (8.7) | 3750 (14.9) | ns |
Educationc | N = 2976 | N = 14,673 | |
Primary or less | 497 (16.7) | 2911 (19.8) | ns |
Middle/high school | 2400 (80.6) | 11,478 (78.2) | |
University or above | 79 (2.7) | 284 (1.9) | |
Ethnicity | |||
Non-Kachin | 264 (4.3) | 1063 (4.2) | ns |
Kachin | 5911 (95.7) | 24,088 (95.8) | |
Malaria historyd | N = 5534 | N = 18,585 | |
Yes | 115 (2.1) | 126 (0.7) | < 0.0001 |
No | 5419 (97.9) | 18,459 (99.3) | |