Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics and malaria history in the study population
Characteristic | Non-Indigenous community | Indigenous community | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 280 | n = 433 | n = 713 | ||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Individual characteristics | ||||||
Haemoglobin < 11 mg/dL | 43 | 15.4 | 55 | 12.7 | 98 | 13.7 |
Gender | ||||||
Female | 145 | 51.8 | 234 | 54.0 | 379 | 53.2 |
Age | ||||||
< 5 | 27 | 9.6 | 43 | 9.9 | 70 | 9.8 |
5–15 | 87 | 31.1 | 133 | 30.7 | 220 | 30.9 |
> 15 | 166 | 59.3 | 255 | 58.9 | 421 | 59.0 |
Occupation | ||||||
Outdoor | 152 | 54.3 | 207 | 47.8 | 359 | 50.4 |
Residence time in endemic region | ||||||
≥ 5 years | 210 | 75.0 | 314 | 72.5 | 524 | 73.5 |
Self-report of number of symptomatic malaria episodes | ||||||
0 | 106 | 37.9 | 173 | 40.0 | 279 | 39.1 |
1 | 58 | 20.7 | 66 | 15.2 | 124 | 17.4 |
> 1 | 116 | 41.4 | 194 | 44.8 | 310 | 43.5 |
Self-report of malaria last year | 12 | 4.3 | 51 | 11.8 | 63 | 8.8 |
Municipality | ||||||
Turbo | 102 | 36.4 | 157 | 36.3 | 259 | 36.3 |
El Bagre | 178 | 63.6 | 276 | 63.7 | 454 | 63.7 |
Use of bed net | 262 | 93.6 | 405 | 93.5 | 667 | 93.5 |
Household characteristics | ||||||
Number of inhabitants per household | ||||||
1–4 | 127 | 45.4 | 162 | 37.4 | 289 | 40.5 |
> 5 | 146 | 52.1 | 256 | 59.1 | 402 | 56.4 |
Participants who have animals in their households | 259 | 92.5 | 420 | 97.0 | 679 | 95.2 |
Participants who drain standing water in their households | 78 | 27.9 | 20 | 4.6 | 98 | 13.7 |
Participants who have no access to electricity in their households | 23 | 8.2 | 149 | 34.4 | 172 | 24.1 |
Participants who have no access to water in their households | 266 | 95.0 | 382 | 88.2 | 648 | 90.9 |
Participants who have no access to sewage system in their households | 271 | 96.8 | 415 | 95.8 | 686 | 96.2 |