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Table 1 Comparison of monthly and weekly reporting trends, malaria cases and malaria annual incidence by malaria epidemiological strata, 2020–2021

From: Improvements in malaria surveillance through the electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (eIDSR) system in mainland Tanzania, 2013–2021

Year

Epidemiological strata

Reporting completeness

Reporting timeliness

Total malaria cases (000 s)a

Annualized incidence per 1000 population

Weekly eIDSR

Monthly DHIS2

Percentage difference (%)

Weekly eIDSR

Monthly DHIS2

Percentage difference (%)

Weekly eIDSR

Monthly DHIS2

Percentage difference (%)

Weekly eIDSR

Monthly DHIS2

Percentage difference (%)

2020

Very low

94.1

98.3

4.2

78.1

97

19.7

64

64

0.5

6.3

6.6

4.6

Low

90.8

98.3

7.7

73.8

96.5

23.5

383

462

17.0

26

32.8

20.8

Moderate

89.1

99.7

10.6

72.2

98.8

26.9

1372

1663

17.5

96.5

117.2

17.7

High

88.1

99.2

11.2

75.9

98.3

22.8

3177

3811

16.6

165

199.2

17.2

Overall

90.2

98.9

8.8

75

97.7

23.3

4996

6000

16.7

87

105.4

17.5

2021

Very low

96.6

99.1

2.6

88.7

97.6

9.2

39

38

− 3.0

3.8

3.8

0.7

Low

95.5

97.6

2.2

88.1

95.9

8.1

263

325

19.0

18.6

23.2

20.0

Moderate

93

99.2

6.3

85.4

98.1

13

1049

1183

11.3

71.7

81.1

11.6

High

91.7

99

7.3

86.1

97.6

11.9

2507

2840

11.7

127.1

144.5

12.0

Overall

93.9

98.7

4.9

86.9

97.3

10.7

3858

4386

12.0

66.3

75.7

12.4

  1. aConfirmed and clinical malaria cases