Table 4.
Demographic, clinical and treatment characteristics of patients with malaria associated with receipt of treatment in Myanmar, 2015
| Characteristics | Total | Patients received treatment | Unadjusted prevalence ratio (95% CI)e | Adjusted prevalence ratio (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%)a | n (%)b | |||
| Total | 107,617 (100) | 102,643 (95.4) | ||
| Age (years) | ||||
| < 5 | 8917 (8.3) | 8759 (98.2) | 1.031 (1.027–1.034) | 1.030 (1.026–1.034) |
| 5–14 | 19,324 (18.0) | 18,234 (94.4) | 0.990 (0.986–0.994) | 0.989 (0.985–0.993) |
| ≥ 15 | 79,376 (73.8) | 75,650 (95.3) | 1 | 1 |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 34,901 (32.4) | 33,164 (95.0) | 0.995 (0.992–0.997) | 0.993 (0.990–0.996) |
| Male | 72,716 (67.6) | 69,479 (95.5) | 1 | 1 |
| Type of health worker | ||||
| VHV | 30,090 (28.0) | 29,054 (96.6) | 1.017 (1.015–1.020) | 1.017 (1.015–1.020) |
| BHS | 77,527 (72.0) | 73,589 (94.9) | 1 | |
| Malaria speciesc | ||||
| Pf | 70,256 (65.3) | 67,060 (95.5) | 0.999 (0.997–1.002)f | Not included in the model |
| Pv | 34,145 (31.7) | 32,612 (95.5) | 1 | |
| Mixed | 3210 (3.0) | 2968 (92.5) | 0.968 (0.958–0.978) | |
| Severityd | ||||
| Complicated | 1340 (1.3) | 1058 (79.0) | 0.823 (0.800–0.846) | Not included in the model |
| Uncomplicated | 101,999 (98.7) | 97,885 (96.0) | 1 | |
VHV: Village health volunteers, BHS: Basic health staff; CI: confidence interval; Pf: Plasmodium falciparum; Pv: Plasmodium vivax; Mixed: Both Pf and Pv positive
a Column percentage; b Row percentage; c 6 Plasmodium malariae and ovale cases omitted from the analysis; d severity missing in 4278 cases; e p < 0.05 in all cases; f p—0.664