Table 2.
Malaria incidence rates and case fatality rates by age category, Mutale Municipality, July 2005 to June 2010
| Age group category | Number of cases§ | Number of deaths |
Incidence rate/1,000 population per year§ |
Case fatality rate/100 malaria cases§ |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate | (95% CI)* | Rate | (95% CI)* | |||
| 0-4 |
336 |
0 |
5.82 |
(5.22-6.47) |
0 |
- |
| 5-14 |
940 |
0 |
7.74 |
(7.26-8.24) |
0 |
- |
| 15-24 |
1072 |
1 |
10.95 |
(10.31-11.62) |
0.08 |
(0.004-0.41) |
| 25-34 |
796 |
10 |
13.34 |
(12.46-14.30) |
1.11 |
(0.57-1.94) |
| 35-44 |
470 |
3 |
13.46 |
(12.29-14.70) |
0.60 |
(0.15-1.60) |
| > 44 |
656 |
7 |
10.50 |
(9.73-11.32) |
1.03 |
(0.32-1.43) |
| Total | 4270 | 21 | 9.84 | (9.55-10.14) | 0.50 | (0.29-0.68) |
§ Number of cases, incidence rates and case-fatality rates exclude imported and untraceable malaria cases and another 57 cases that had no record of age. * CI = Confidence Interval.