Table 2.
Fever prevalence in 3 rural communities in Gebiley, 2008
| Date/fever category | Xuunshaley | Badahabo | Ceel Bardaale | Total | ||||||||
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| No. | % | 95% CI | No. | % | 95% CI | No. | % | 95% CI | No. | % | 95% CI | |
| March | ||||||||||||
| 14-day fever prevalence |
32/247 | 13.0 | 9.03–17.79 | 9/185 | 4.9 | 2.25–9.03 | 16/746 | 2.1 | 1.23–3.46 | 57/1178 | 4.8 | 3.68–6.22 |
| Day of interview reported fever | 9/247 | 3.6 | 1.67–6.80 | 2/185 | 1.1 | 0.13–3.85 | 4/746 | 0.5 | 0.15–1.37 | 15/1178 | 1.3 | 0.71–2.09 |
| Resolved fevers | 23/32 | 71.9 | 53.25–86.25 | 7/9 | 77.8 | 40.00–9719 | 12/16 | 75.0 | 47.62–92.73 | 42/57 | 73.7 | 60.34–84.46 |
| August | ||||||||||||
| 14-day fever prevalence |
0/271 | 0 | 2/160 | 1.3 | 0.15–4.44 | 5/697 | 0.7 | 0.23–1.67 | 7/1128 | 0.6 | 0.25–1.27 | |
| Day of interview reported fever | 0/271 | 0 | 1/160 | 0.6 | 0.02–3.43 | 0/697 | 0.0 | 1/1128 | 0.09 | 0.00–0.49 | ||
| Resolved fevers | - | 1/2 | 50.00 | 1.26–98.74 | 5/5 | 100.0 | 47.82–100 | 6/7 | 85.7 | 42.13–99.64 | ||
Overall total reported fevers (n = 64)
CI = confidence interval.