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Table 1 Distribution of heads of households and household members by age and sex

From: Susceptibility to malaria during the prevention of re-establishment phase in Sri Lanka

Age Group

Number of Males

(%, 95% CI)

Number of Females

(%,95% CI)

Total Number

(%,95% CI)

Heads of Households

   

 < 20

6

(0.2, 0.1–0.4)

0

(0.0)

6

(0.2,0.13–0.23)

21–40

759

(22.0,20.6–23.4)

135

(3.9, 3.3–4.6)

894

(25.9,24.4–27.4)

41–60

1317

(38.1,36.5–39.8)

317

(9.2,8.2–10.2)

1634

(47.3,45.6–49.0)

 > 60

676

(19.6,18.3–20.9)

244

(7.1,6.2–8.0)

920

(26.6,25.2–28.1)

Total

2758

(79.8, 78.5–81.2)

696

(20.2,18.8–21.5)

3454

(100)

Household Members

   

 < 5

627

(4.7,4.3–5.1)

536

(4.0,3.7–4.4)

1163

(8.7,8.2–9.2)

6–20

1556

(11.6,11.1–12.2)

1455

(10.9,10.4–11.4)

3011

(22.5,21.8–23.3,)

21–35

1529

(11.4,10.9–12.0)

1684

(12.6,12.0–13.2)

3213

(24.0,23.3–24.8)

36–50

1311

(9.8,9.3–10.3)

1389

(10.4,9.9–10.9)

2700

(20.2,19.5–20.9)

51–65

1098

(8.2,7.8–8.7)

1157

(8.7,8.2–9.2)

2255

(16.9,16.2–17.5

 > 65

519

(3.9,3.6–4.2)

504

(3.8,3.5–4.1)

1023

(7.7,7.2–8.1)

Total

6640

(49.7,48.8–50.5)

6725

(50.3,49.5–51.2)

13,365

(100)