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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of incident malaria cases in Lusaka 2011–2015

From: The use of spatial and genetic tools to assess Plasmodium falciparum transmission in Lusaka, Zambia between 2011 and 2015

Year

Number of health facilities participating

Confirmed incident malaria cases

Number of cases reporting travel (%)

Median age in years (inter-quartile range)

2011

5

855

694 (81%)

9 (3–27)

2012

20

1869

1497 (81%)

12 (3–25)

2013

22

899

684 (79%)

13 (5–26)

2014

25

3688

3080 (86%)

14 (6–25)

2015

19

1411

1273 (90%)

16 (6–28)