Table 2.
Prevalence of confirmed clinical malaria and asymptomatic parasitaemia by age and gender
| Age (years) | Confirmed clinical malaria n (%) | Asymptomatic parasitaemia n (%) | Total participants n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Total | |
| 0.5–<5 | 76 (33) | 45 (25) | 128 (56) | 104 (58) | 229 (56) | 179 (44) | 408 (25) |
| 121 (30) | 232 (57) | ||||||
| 05–<10 | 68 (23) | 52 (19) | 196 (66) | 169 (63) | 298 (53) | 269 (47) | 567 (35) |
| 120 (21) | 365 (64) | ||||||
| 10–<18 | 13 (13) | 15 (14) | 71 (72) | 68 (61) | 99 (47) | 111 (53) | 210 (13) |
| 28 (13) | 139 (66) | ||||||
| 18+ | 7 (12) | 28 (7) | 31 (55) | 176 (44) | 56 (12) | 399 (88) | 455 (28) |
| 35 (8) | 207 (45) | ||||||
| Total | 164 (24) | 140 (15) | 426 (62) | 517 (54) | 682 (42) | 958 (58) | 1640 |
| 304 (19) | 943 (57) | ||||||