Table 1 Median confirmed malaria cases stratified by non-COVID-19 period to those of COVID-19 period
From: The effect of COVID-19 on malaria cases in Zambia: a mixed effect multilevel analysis
Factors | COVID-19 | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Non-COVID period (N = 8852) | COVID-19 period (N = 9364) | ||
Confirmed malaria cases median (IQR) | 485 (110, 1518) | 547 (143, 1576) | 0.0001W |
Age group-median (IQR) | |||
< 1 year old | 147 (38, 347) | 160 (43, 372) | 0.0001K |
1–4 years old | 645 (168, 1367) | 683 (200, 1453) | |
5–14 years old | 234 (165, 234) | 839 (244, 1804) | |
≥ 15 years old | 1635 (511, 3486) | 2208 (800, 4701) | |
Province-median (IQR) | |||
Southern | 20 (5, 67) | 26 (7, 97) | 0.0001K |
Central | 409 (78, 1378) | 427 (124, 1322) | |
Copperbelt | 1119 (365, 3037) | 1284 (429, 2812) | |
Eastern | 751 (235, 2108) | 610 (191, 1661) | |
Luapula | 1138 (493, 2147) | 1197 (523, 2374) | |
Lusaka | 96 (28, 258) | 142 (41, 389) | |
Muchinga | 847 (313, 1814) | 903 (336, 1922) | |
Northern | 787 (309, 1599) | 881 (425, 787) | |
North Western | 957 (353, 2371) | 1039 (408, 2371) | |
Western | 191 (46, 735) | 403 (97, 1127) | |