Table 1.
Reported symptoms for perceived malaria illnesses in Adami Tulu district, 2003
| Children | |||||
| Symptomsa | All ages (n = 1748) | <5 years (n = 290) | 5–14 years (n = 578) | Adults ≥15 years (n = 880) | P-value |
| Fever | 1652 (95%) | 227 (96%) | 545 (94%) | 830 (94%) | NSb |
| Shivering and chills | 1510 (86%) | 252 (87%) | 480 (83%) | 778 (88%) | 0.013c |
| Loss of appetite | 614 (35%) | 91 (31%) | 196 (34%) | 327 (37%) | NS |
| Headache | 603 (34%) | 107 (37%) | 192 (33%) | 304 (35%) | NS |
| High body temperature | 500 (29%) | 86 (30%) | 157 (27%) | 257 (29%) | NS |
| Vomiting | 241 (14%) | 54 (19%) | 81 (14%) | 106 (12%) | 0.018c |
| Sleeplessness/restlessness | 136 (8%) | 17 (6%) | 46 (8%) | 73 (8%) | NS |
| Joint pains | 13 (0.7%) | 2 (0.7%) | 3 (0.5%) | 8 (0.9%) | NS |
| General weakness | 10 (0.6%) | 1 (0.3%) | 2 (0.3%) | 7 (0.8%) | NS |
a Multiple responses possible.
b NS: not significant.
c P-value < 0.05 = statistically significant.