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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of total and imported cases in North Sumatera, Indonesia, 2019–2020

From: Spatial analysis to evaluate risk of malaria in Northern Sumatera, Indonesia

Characteristic

Total case (2208)

Imported (392)

P value

Number (%)

Number (%)

Sex

 Female

836 (37.9)

68 (17.4)

< 0.001

 Male

1371 (62.1)

324 (82.6)

 

Age groups (years)

 ≤ 12

475 (21.5)

19 (4.9)

< 0.001

 13–18

490 (22.2)

27 (6.9)

 

 19–30

574 (26.0)

180 (45.9)

 

 31–45

428 (19.4)

124 (31.6)

 

 > 45

241 (10.9)

42 (10.7)

 

Occupation

 ET

213 (9.7)

51 (13.0)

< 0.001

 FG

168 (7.6)

22 (5.6)

 

 Fisherman

194 (8.8)

9 (2.3)

 

 FM

10 (0.5)

9 (2.3)

 

 Housewife

348 (15.8)

42 (10.7)

 

 Military

193 (8.7)

191 (48.7)

 

 Students

825 (37.4)

44 (11.2)

 

 Unemployed

257 (11.6)

24 (6.1)

 

Species

 PF

316 (14.3)

115 (29.4)

< 0.001

 PV

1613 (73.0)

249 (63.5)

 

 Mixed

277 (12.6)

28 (7.1)

 

 Others

2 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

 

Diagnosis

 Microscope

1208 (54.7)

296 (75.5)

< 0.001

 RDT

1000 (45.3)

96 (24.5)

 

Year

 2019

1198 (54.3)

241 (61.5)

< 0.001

 2020

1010 (45.7)

151 (9.5)

 
  1. ET: employees and traders; FG: farmers and gardeners; FM: forest goers and miners; PF: P. falciparum, PV: P.vivax; Mixed- Mixed infection of P. falciparum and P. vivax; RDT- rapid diagnostic test; Others: one Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium malariae each