Table 2 Prevalence of correct knowledge of malaria transmission, symptoms, risk activities, and prevention measures among those who had ever heard of malaria
Item | Malaysia | Urban | Rural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | N | Prevalence (95% CI) | n | N | Prevalence (95% CI) | n | N | Prevalence (95% CI) | |
Ever heard of Malaria | 2491 | 18,803,830 | 76.1 (70.5–80.9) | 1379 | 14,255,550 | 74.6 (67.7–80.4) | 1112 | 4,548,280 | 81.3 (75.8–85.8) |
Correct Transmission | 1361 | 10,144,441 | 53.9 (50.2–57.7) | 771 | 7,865,398 | 55.2 (50.5–59.7) | 590 | 2,279,043 | 50.1 (44.3–55.9) |
Correct Symptoms | 658 | 4,527,257 | 24.1 (21.2–27.2) | 350 | 3,323,253 | 23.3 (19.7–27.3) | 308 | 1,204,104 | 26.5 (23.3–29.9) |
Correct Risk activities | 757 | 6,392,053 | 34.0 (29.3–39.1) | 463 | 5,160,038 | 36.2 (30.3–42.6) | 294 | 1,232,015 | 27.1 (22.2–32.6) |
Correct prevention measures | 1522 | 11,217,161 | 59.7 (55.5–63.7) | 814 | 8,344,802 | 58.5 (53.3–63.6) | 708 | 2,872,360 | 63.2 (58.2–67.9) |