Table 1.

Wards per Council Classified as Malaria Hot Spots or Cold Spots in Patients Aged <5 or ≥5 Years and Pregnant Women at 95% and 99% Confidence Levels

Study Group	Malaria Hot Spots					Malaria Cold Spots
	Councils	No. of Wards/Total No. (%)		χ 2 Value	P Value	Councils	No. of Wards/Total No. (%)		χ 2 Value	P Value
		95% CL	99% CL				95% CL	99% CL
TPR in patient aged <5 years	Ngara DC; Biharamulo DC; Muleba DC; Bukoba DC; Karagwe DC; Kyerwa DC	19/22 (86.4); 11/17 (64.7); 15/43 (34.9); 9/29 (31.0); 2/23 (8.7); 1/24 (4.2)	17/22 (77.3); 8/17 (47.1); 12/43 (27.9); 6/29 (20.7); 1/23 (4.3); …	30	.22	Bukoba MC; Missenyi DC; Bukoba DC; Karagwe DC; Kyerwa DC; Muleba DC	13/14 (92.9); 17/20 (85); 15/29 (51.7); 1/23 (4.3); 1/24 (4.2); 1/43 (2.3)	12/14 (85.7); 14/20 (70); 12/29 (41.4); …; …; …	12	.06
TPR in patients aged ≥5 years	Ngara DC; Biharamulo DC; Muleba DC; Bukoba DC; Kyerwa DC; Karagwe DC	20/22 (90.9); 9/17 (52.9); 16/43 (37.2); 8/29 (27.6); 3/24 (12.5); 1/23 (4.3)	16/22 (72.7); 7/17 (41.2); 13/43 (30.2); 5/29 (17.2); 1/24 (4.2); 1/23 (4.3)	24	.24	Bukoba MC; Missenyi DC; Bukoba DC; Kyerwa DC; Muleba DC	12/14 (85.7); 17/20 (85); 14/29 (48.3); 1/24 (4.2); 1/43 (2.3)	11/14 (78.6); 14/20 (70); 11/29 (37.9); …; 1/43 (2.3)	10	.35
ANC prevalence	Biharamulo DC; Ngara DC; Muleba DC; Bukoba DC; Karagwe DC; Kyerwa DC; Missenyi DC	13/17 (76.5); 7/22 (31.8); 13/43 (30.2); 7/29 (24.1); 4/23 (17.4); 3/24 (12.5); 2/20 (10)	11/17 (64.7); 4/22 (18.2); 10/43 (23.3); 7/29 (24.1); 3/23 (13.0); 1/24 (4.2); …	28	.26	Bukoba MC; Bukoba DC; Missenyi DC; Kyerwa DC; Ngara DC	10/14 (71.4); 11/29 (37.9); 8/20 (40); 4/24 (16.7); 1/22 (4.5)	3/14 (21.4); 9/29 (31.0); 2/20 (10); …; …	15	.24

Abbreviations: ANC, antenatal care; CL, confidence level; DC, District Council; MC, Municipal Council; TPR, test-positivity rate.

... no ward(s) classified as malaria hot spots or cold spots for a particular council and confidence level.