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Table 1 Characteristics of women stratified by district

From: Evaluation of a single screen and treat strategy to detect asymptomatic malaria among pregnant women from selected health facilities in Lindi region, Tanzania

District

Health facility

Total pregnant women n (%)

GA in weeks, mean (95% CI*)

Pregnant women with fever, n (%)

Pregnant women with positive RDT, n (%)

Kilwa

Masoko

343 (28.4)

18.3 (17.5–19.1)

4 (1.2)

4 (1.2)

Nanjilinji

277 (23.0)

18.3 (17.6–19.0)

66 (23.8)

71 (25.6)

Pande

178 (14.8)

18.0 (17.0–18.9)

8 (4.5)

8 (4.5)

Tingi

408 (33.8)

16.7 (16.0–17.4)

11 (2.7)

114 (28.0)

Sub-Total

1206 (65.4)

17.7 (17.3–18.1)

89 (7.4)

197 (16.3)

Lindi

Kitomanga

174 (27.3)

22.3 (21.3–23.3)

15 (8.6)

20 (11.5)

Pangaboi

193 (30.2)

19.7 (18.9–20.5)

5 (2.6)

11 (5.7)

Rondo

112 (17.5)

16.5 (15.6–17.3)

6 (5.4)

8 (7.1)

Rutamba

160 (25.0)

17.6 (16.8–18.4)

12 (7.5)

40 (25.0)

Sub-Total

639 (34.6)

19.3 (18.9–19.8)

38 (6.0)

79 (12.4)

Total

 

1845 (100.0)

18.3 (18.0–18.6)

127 (6.9)

276 (15.0)

  1. *95% confidence interval