Table 2 Malaria cases reported in the city of Mangaluru in the pre- during and post digitization years

Number of slides examined

84,102

106,885

154,409

203,894

Number of contact smears

^a

^a

16,541

32,390

Annual blood examination rate

13.82

17.13

24.75

32.68

Slide positivity rate

11.5

10.36

8.17

3.65

Total malarial cases (no)^b

8867

10,962

12,614

7640

Vivax malaria (no)

8092

10,196

11,277

6245

Falciparum malaria (no)

775

766

1337

1395

Chi-square trend 164.5

p value < 0.001