Table 1. Baseline characteristics of children aged <15 years attending Bandim Health Centre and diagnosed with uncomplicated malaria.

Year	1995	1996	1997	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2010	2011	2012
Number of children with P. falciparum infection *	214	211	172	377	266	301	256	343	180	172	109	40	141	316	362	143
Male**	97	83	92	173	124	146	146	160	97	84	47	22	73	167	205	76
Female**	106	116	80	184	134	145	110	183	83	88	42	18	64	149	154	67
Median age (years)	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	7	9	10	10
Age inter-quartile range (years)	2–7	2–8	2–7	3–7	3–8	3–9	3–9	3–9	3–9	3–8	3–8	3–7	4–10	6–12	7–12	7–12
Annual Rainfall (mm)**			1319		1809	1755	1215	1980	1801	1382	1310	1085	1743	1839	1412	1956

*Number of children with P. falciparum infection includes 81 estimated cases. ** Data on sex was missing in 7 children. *** In 2009 the total rainfall was 1524 mm.