Table 3.
Percent of febrile patients positive for malaria by RDT, by age group, transmission season, and malaria transmission risk zone
| Season | Under 5 years | At least 5 years | ALL ages | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratum (risk zone) |
Dry | Rainy | All | Dry | Rainy | All | Dry | Rainy | All |
| Percent (LCL–UCL) | Percent (LCL–UCL) | Percent (LCL–UCL) | Percent (LCL–UCL) | Percent (LCL–UCL) | Percent (LCL–UCL) | Percent (LCL–UCL) | Percent (LCL–UCL) | Percent (LCL–UCL) | |
| North (low) |
0.3 (0.0–1.9) 1/296 |
1.3 (0.5–3.3) 5/377 |
0.9 (0.4–2.0) 6/673 |
0.6 (0.1–2.5) 2/323 |
2.5 (1.3–4.6) 11/437 |
1.7 (1.0–3.0) 13/760 |
0.5 (0.1–1.5) 3/619 |
2.0 (1.2–3.2) 16/814 |
1.3 (0.8–2.1) 19/1433 |
| Centre (moderate) | 5.2 (3.2–8.1) 19/368 |
21.9 (18.0–26.4) 87/397 |
13.9 (11.5–16.6) 106/765 |
6.9 (4.7–10.1) 26/376 |
39.0 (34.3–44.1) 155/242 |
23.4 (20.5–26.6) 181/774 |
6.1 (4.5–8.1) 45/744 |
30.5 (27.3–33.8) 242/795 |
18.7 (16.8–20.7) 287/1539 |
| South (high) |
18.8 (14.5–23.8) 55/292 |
68.4 (63.6–72.9) 271/396 |
47.4 (43.6–51.2) 326/688 |
34.4 (29.4–39.8) 115/334 |
85.4 (81.8–88.4) 402/471 |
64.2 (60.8–67.5) 517/805 |
27.2 (23.7–30.9) 170/626 |
77.6 (74.7–80.3) 673/867 |
56.5 (53.9–59.0) 843/1493 |
| Dakar (heterogeneous) | 2.9 (1.3–5.7) 8/273 |
3.9 (2.4–6.5) 16/406 |
3.5 (2.3–5.3) 24/679 |
4.3 (2.6–6.9) 17/399 |
37.0 (32.8–41.5) 183/494 |
22.4 (19.7–25.3) 200/893 |
3.7 (2.5–5.5) 25/672 |
22.1 (19.5–25.0) 199/900 |
14.3 (12.6–16.1) 224/1572 |
| All | 6.8 (5.4–8.3) 83/1229 |
24.1 (22.0–26.3) 379/1576 |
16.5 (15.1–17.9) 462/2805 |
11.2 (9.6–13.0) 160/1432 |
41.8 (39.5–44.1) 751/1800 |
28.2 (26.7–29.8) 911/3232 |
9.1 (8.1–10.3) 243/2661 |
33.5 (31.9–35.1) 1130/3376 |
22.7 (21.7–23.8) 1373/6037 |
LCL lower confidence limit, UCL upper confidence limit