Table 5 Difference in mean percentage of malaria cases and test positivity rates in IRS + MDA and IRS arm by age
Outcome variable | Pre—intervention 17 months | During—intervention 30 months | Difference-in-difference (DID) Estimator (P-values) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MDA + IRS N(Mean) | IRS N(Mean) | Diff (MDA + IRS)—(IRS) | MDA + IRS N(Mean) | IRS N(Mean) | Diff (MDA + IRS)—(IRS) | (MDA + IRS) Vs (IRS) | |
Mean (p-value*) | Mean (p-value*) | ||||||
Conf-OPD | |||||||
Under 5 | 4946 (291) | 4315 (254) | 37.12 (0.11) | 1482 (72) | 2048 (75) | −22.80 (0.19) | −60 (0.040) |
Over 5 | 16365 (963) | 16146 (950) | 12.88 (0.87) | 6254 (341) | 8320 (375) | −34.60 (0.55) | −48 (0.617) |
Overall | 2311 (1254) | 20,461 (1204) | 50.0 (0.60) | 7736 (413) | 10368 (470) | −57.40 (0.42) | −107.40 (0.368) |
TPR | |||||||
Under 5 | 60 | 53 | 7.7 (0.04) | 22 | 30 | −8.48 (0.003) | −16.16 (0.001*) |
Over 5 | 47 | 47 | 0.35 (0.92) | 24 | 27 | −3.88 (0.124) | −4.23 (0.309) |
Overall | 50 | 48 | 1.88 (0.54) | 24 | 28 | −4.69 (0.047) | −6.57 (0.093) |