Table 2. Severe malaria and invasive bacterial infections by age group.
| All | <1 m | 1–11 m | 12–23 m | 24–59 m | ≥60 m | |
| n = 711 | n = 15 | n = 195 | n = 206 | n = 196 | n = 99 | |
| Severe malaria*, n (%) | 292 (41.1) | 62 (31.8) | 101 (49.0) | 101 (51.5) | 28 (28.3) | |
| Cerebral malaria, n (%) | 48 (6.8) | 7 (3.6) | 16 (7.8) | 22 (11.2) | 3 (3.0) | |
| Severe anemia, n (%) | 136 (19.1) | 40 (20.5) | 47 (22.8) | 46 (23.5) | 3 (3.0) | |
| IBI§, n (%) | 67 (9.2) | 3 (20.0) | 15 (7.7) | 20 (9.7) | 13 (6.6) | 16 (16.2) |
| Bacteremia, n (%) | 63 (8.9) | 3 (20.0) | 14 (7.2) | 18 (8.7) | 13 (6.6) | 15 (15.2) |
| Confirmed + probable meningitis, n (%) | 6+5 (1.5) | 0+1 (6.7) | 1+0 (0.5) | 3+1 (1.9) | 0+1 (0.5) | 2+2 (4.0) |
| Co-infection IBI/malaria, n (%) | 8 (1.1) | 1 (6.7) | 1 (0.5) | 3 (1.5) | 3 (1.5) |
IBI = invasive bacterial infection, m = months.
*Including those with IBI co-infection, §Including those with malaria co-infection.