Table 1 Summary statistics from health facility-based and cohort surveillance studies; September 2011–August 2014
From: Estimating malaria incidence from routine health facility-based surveillance data in Uganda
Data source | Metric | Study site | |
|---|---|---|---|
Kihihi | Nagongera | ||
Malaria Reference Centres | Outpatient visits for children aged 6 months–< 11 years | 20,742 | 28,156 |
Outpatient visits for children aged 6 months–< 11 years from catchment area (percent of total) | 9,555 (46.1%) | 13,985 (49.7%) | |
Malaria suspected from catchment area (percent of total from catchment area) | 8,497 (88.9%) | 12,401 (88.7%) | |
Diagnostic test performed (percent of malaria suspected from catchment area) | 8,493 (99.9%) | 12,238 (98.7%) | |
Tested positive for malaria in catchment area (percent of tested from catchment area) | 4,247 (50.0%) | 5,358 (43.8%) | |
Cohort Studies | Number of children observed | 353 | 333 |
Person-years of observation | 848 | 780 | |
Number of episodes of malaria | 1,474 | 2,304 | |
Incidence of malaria (new episodes per person-year) | 1.7 | 3.0 | |