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. 2006 Aug 30;5:76. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-5-76

Table 2.

Reported malaria and treatment seeking patterns among survey households.

Wet season (%) Dry season (%) P values
Households reporting at least one malaria episode 2 wks before survey 187 (63.6) 104 (36.5) <0.001
Number of ill individuals 307 (14.2%) 187 (8.8%) <0.001
Individuals reporting malaria by age
• <5 95 (31.0) 70 (37.5) 0.79
• 5–<10 62 (20.2) 36 (19.3) 0.80
• 10–<18 60 (19.5) 34 (18.2) 0.71
• 18–<35 37 (12.1) 24 (12.8) 0.78
• 35+ 53 (17.3) 23 (12.3) 0.14
Actions taken within HH:
• Herbs 26 (7.5) 19 (11.5) 0.13
• Modern drugs already there 22 (6.4) 6 (3.6) 0.21
• Prayers 18 (5.2) 9 (5.5) 0.89
Actions taken outside HH:
• Shops 196 (56.7) 84 (51.2) 0.25
• Private clinic 39 (11.3) 10 (6.1) 0.06
• Government 30 (8.7) 25 (15.2) 0.00
• Healer 3 (0.9) 3 (1.8) 0.39
12 (3.5) 8 (4.8) 0.47