Table 4.
Prevalence of malaria in children
| Percentage of children age 0–59 months classified as having malaria, by background characteristics, Uganda MIS 2009. | ||||
| Malaria prevalence | ||||
| Background characteristic |
RDT positive | Number of children tested |
Microscopy positive |
Number of children tested |
| Age: | ||||
| <12 | 32.5 | 673 | 24.4 | 678 |
| 0–5 | 18.8 | 312 | 16.3 | 316 |
| 6–11 | 44.3 | 361 | 31.5 | 362 |
| 12–17 | 53.1 | 399 | 38.5 | 401 |
| 18–23 | 47.1 | 404 | 35.8 | 406 |
| 24–35 | 57.5 | 767 | 45.2 | 768 |
| 36–47 | 58.6 | 778 | 49.5 | 782 |
| 48–59 | 58.3 | 812 | 53.2 | 814 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 50.0 | 1,887 | 41.1 | 1,892 |
| Female | 53.9 | 1,946 | 43.7 | 1,955 |
| Residence | ||||
| Urban | 28.6 | 563 | 15.3 | 564 |
| Rural | 56.0 | 3,270 | 47.1 | 3,283 |
| Region | ||||
| Central 1 | 44.6 | 293 | 39.1 | 294 |
| Central 2 | 62.1 | 344 | 50.7 | 344 |
| Kampala | 7.4 | 116 | 4.9 | 118 |
| East Central | 65.2 | 539 | 56.2 | 539 |
| Mid Eastern | 40.1 | 471 | 37.5 | 472 |
| North East | 54.5 | 350 | 40.0 | 351 |
| Mid Northern | 80.1 | 550 | 62.5 | 554 |
| West Nile | 60.2 | 343 | 45.7 | 343 |
| Mid Western | 48.4 | 373 | 42.7 | 374 |
| South Western | 17.7 | 455 | 11.6 | 460 |
| Mother's education | ||||
| No education | 55.8 | 718 | 46.5 | 719 |
| Primary | 53.8 | 2,075 | 45.0 | 2,080 |
| Secondary | 39.3 | 448 | 24.0 | 449 |
| More than secondary | 14.3 | 75 | 5.1 | 75 |
| Missing | 55.7 | 517 | 47.4 | 523 |
| Wealth quintile | ||||
| Lowest | 67.6 | 877 | 56.1 | 880 |
| Second | 55.7 | 824 | 47.8 | 826 |
| Middle | 52.3 | 791 | 43.6 | 791 |
| Fourth | 44.1 | 723 | 38.0 | 727 |
| Highest | 33.5 | 618 | 19.5 | 623 |
| Total 0–59 | 52.0 | 3,833 | 42.4 | 3,847 |
| Total 6–59 | 54.9 | 3,521 | 44.7 | 3,532 |
Source: UMIS 2009 (as Table 6.3, page 60).