Effect of large-scale mass drug administration for malaria on mortality and morbidity in Angumu health zone, Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo

Table 5 Marginal morbidity and adjusted risk ratio (aRR) of being sick 2 weeks prior to survey, depending on MDA status, Angumu health zone, Ituri province, DRC, March 2021

	Non-MDA locations			MDA locations			aRR*	[95%CI]
	n	Marginal morbidity* (%)	[95%CI]	n	Marginal morbidity* (%)	[95%CI]	aRR*	[95%CI]
All causes morbidity
All ages	4854	52.1	[47.2–57.1]	1758	27.6	[22.4–32.7]	1.89	[1.53–2.22]
Children < 5 years	1076	70.0	[65.9–74.2]	522	48.3	[42.4–54.1]	1.45	[1.27–1.66]
Malaria-specific morbidity
All ages	2646	29.3	[26.5–32.1]	849	13.7	[10.5–17.0]	2.13	[1.67–2.72]
Children < 5 years	684	44.0	[40.0–48.0]	239	22.8	[18.9–26.6]	1.93	[1.59–2.34]

aRR adjusted risk ratio * adjusted on age, sex and status (autochthonous/displaced), 95% CI 95% confidence interval, MDA Mass drug administration
Reference = MDA locations = locations where three rounds of MDA have been implemented between September 2020 and January 2021
Non-MDA locations = locations where MDA has not been implemented in 2020

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