Table 3.
Number (%) of children with bacteraemia and severe falciparum malaria by residence, 1 June 2006 to 31 May 2010
| District (population under 15 years*) | Number (%) with severe falciparum malaria | Number (%) with bacteraemia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All pathogenic | NTS | Hib | S. pneumoniae | E. coli | S. typhi | S. aureus | ||
| Referral population: | ||||||||
| Muheza** (124, 322) | 1, 356 (71.4) | 482 (70.5) | 147 (63.4) | 56 (60.9) | 69 (81.2) | 56 (70.9) | 49 (83.1) | 22 (68.8) |
| Non-referral population: | ||||||||
| Lushoto (218, 957) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Korogwe (118, 460) | 61 (3.2) | 18 (2.6) | 9 (3.9) | 0 (0) | 4 (4.7) | 2 (2.5) | 0 (0) | 2 (6.3) |
| Tanga (98, 177) | 10 (0.5) | 6 (0.9) | 2 (0.9) | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (3.4) | 0 (0) |
| Pangani (18, 292) | 10 (0.5) | 3 (0.4) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3.1) |
| Handeni (123, 762) | 374 (19.7) | 151 (22.1) | 63 (27.2) | 27 (29.3) | 8 (9.4) | 21 (26.6) | 7 (11.9) | 6 (18.8) |
| Kilindi (74, 228) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| District not recorded | 85 (4.5) | 24 (3.5) | 10 (4.3) | 7 (7.6) | 4 (4.7) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.7) | 1 (3.1) |
| Total Tanga region (776, 198) | 1, 898 (100) | 684 (100) | 232 (100) | 92 (100) | 85 (100) | 79 (100) | 59 (100) | 32 (100) |
*2008 population projected from the 2002 Tanzania Population and Housing Census (Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics 2006).
**Includes Mkinga which was split-off from Muheza in 2007.