Table 1 Demographic characteristics of suspected malaria patients
Demographic variables | Overall (n = 706) | Kotoku (n = 161) | Mayera (n = 107) | Oduman (n = 250) | Pokuase (n = 188) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||||
Females n (%) | 405 (57.3%) | 90 (55.9%) | 71 (66.3%) | 135 (54.0%) | 108 (57.4%) |
Males n (%) | 301 (42.7%) | 71 (44.1%) | 36 (33.7%) | 115 (46.0%) | 80 (42.5%) |
Age (years) | |||||
1–10 | 225 (31.8%) | 50 (31.0%) | 19 (17.7%) | 102 (40.8%) | 54 (28.7%) |
11–20 | 152 (21.5%) | 36 (22.3%) | 53 (49.5%) | 43 (17.2%) | 20 (10.6%) |
21–30 | 107 (15.1%) | 17 (10.5%) | 17 (15.9%) | 20 (8.0%) | 53 (28.2%) |
31–40 | 108 (15.3%) | 27 (16.7%) | 10 (9.3%) | 41 (16.4%) | 30 (15.9%) |
41–50 | 72 (10.2%) | 9 (5.6%) | 8 (7.4%) | 31 (12.4%) | 24 (12.7%) |
Above 50 | 42 (5.9%) | 22 (13.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 13 (5.2%) | 7 (3.7%) |