Table 1.

Population, malaria incidence, and precipitation in the two village clusters, Ghana

Characteristic	Greater Agogo	Greater Konongo
Total population	14,961	23,885
Children < 15 years of age	5140	2008
No. of malaria cases*	1610	383
Total yearly incidences†	270.6	144.2
Minimum weekly incidences‡	1.0	0
Maximum weekly incidences‡	12.4	7.3
Minimum weekly precipitation§	0	0
Maximum weekly precipitation§	20.3	30.2

^*No. of cases over the study interval of 90 weeks (end of May 2007–end of November 2008).

^†Incidences per year and 1,000 inhabitants.

^‡Incidences per week and 1,000 inhabitants.

^§Mean weekly precipitation in millimeters.