Gender difference in the incidence of malaria diagnosed at public health facilities in Uganda

Malaria Journal

Table 4 Associations between gender and incidence of visits with malaria not suspected from the target areas of all MRCs combined

Age strata	Gender	Visits with malaria not suspected	Person years of observation	Incidence per 1000 PY	IRR (95% CI)*	p-value
All ages	Male	5680	21,654	262	Reference group
All ages	Female	11,466	24,638	465	1.77 (1.71–1.83)	< 0.001
< 15 years	Male	2235	11,452	195	Reference group
< 15 years	Female	2791	12,005	232	1.22 (1.16–1.29)	< 0.001
15–39 years	Male	2159	7137	303	Reference group
15–39 years	Female	6237	9122	684	2.23 (2.12–2.34)	< 0.001
> 39 years	Male	1286	3065	420	Reference group
> 39 years	Female	2438	3511	694	1.57 (1.47–1.68)	< 0.001

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