Table 1.
Population baseline characteristics of the study population
| Variables | Categories | Patients n = 128,675 (%) |
Malaria cases n = 153,203 (%) |
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| Results per specie | Parasitaemia | ||||||||||
| Vivax | Falciparum | Mixed F + V | Malariae | Non falciparum | Less than half cross | Half to one cross | Two crosses | Three–four crosses | |||
| Age | ≤ 3 years | 7231 (5.62) | 8584 (5.6) | 690 (0.45) | 34 (0.02) | 0 (0) | 77 (0.05) | 1900 (1.24) | 2791 (1.82) | 4082 (2.67) | 507 (0.33) |
| 4–8 years | 9884 (7.68) | 10,837 (7.07) | 1060 (0.69) | 54 (0.04) | 1 (0) | 69 (0.05) | 3039 (1.98) | 3799 (2.48) | 4686 (3.06) | 406 (0.27) | |
| 9–11 years | 6344 (4.93) | 6930 (4.52) | 676 (0.44) | 26 (0.02) | 1 (0) | 41 (0.03) | 2192 (1.43) | 2477 (1.62) | 2785 (1.82) | 166 (0.11) | |
| 12–14 years | 7036 (5.47) | 7637 (4.98) | 680 (0.44) | 42 (0.03) | 0 (0) | 32 (0.02) | 2260 (1.48) | 2866 (1.87) | 3065 (2) | 156 (0.1) | |
| 15–35 years | 39,704 (30.86) | 41,928 (27.37) | 4467 (2.92) | 333 (0.22) | 16 (0.01) | 152 (0.1) | 12,328 (8.05) | 14,754 (9.64) | 18,412 (12.02) | 1167 (0.76) | |
| Older than 36 years | 58,476 (45.44) | 57,099 (37.27) | 11,284 (7.37) | 370 (0.24) | 18 (0.01) | 65 (0.04) | 24,565 (16.04) | 24,878 (16.25) | 18,198 (11.88) | 1069 (0.7) | |
| Gender | Female | 51,327 (39.89) | 52,861 (34.5) | 7658 (5) | 313 (0.2) | 5 (0) | 197 (0.13) | 19,469 (12.71) | 20,956 (13.69) | 19,037 (12.43) | 1282 (0.84) |
| Male | 77,346 (60.11) | 80,153 (52.32) | 11,198 (7.31) | 546 (0.36) | 31 (0.02) | 239 (0.16) | 26,814 (17.51) | 30,608 (19.99) | 32,191 (21.02) | 2189 (1.43) | |
| Race | White | 8825 (6.97) | 9198 (6) | 1182 (0.77) | 59 (0.04) | 0 (0) | 21 (0.01) | 2893 (1.89) | 3203 (2.09) | 4022 (2.63) | 311 (0.2) |
| African background | 5024 (3.97) | 4983 (3.25) | 872 (0.57) | 46 (0.03) | 3 (0) | 11 (0.01) | 1548 (1.01) | 1768 (1.15) | 2400 (1.57) | 184 (0.12) | |
| Asian background | 1310 (1.03) | 1356 (0.89) | 161 (0.11) | 14 (0.01) | 0 (0) | 2 (0) | 369 (0.24) | 441 (0.29) | 656 (0.43) | 64 (0.04) | |
| Mixed background | 88,927 (70.25) | 91,756 (59.89) | 14,344 (9.36) | 608 (0.4) | 23 (0.02) | 162 (0.11) | 34,902 (22.79) | 34,355 (22.44) | 35,081 (22.91) | 2230 (1.46) | |
| Native indigenous | 22,492 (17.77) | 23,139 (15.1) | 2250 (1.47) | 129 (0.08) | 8 (0.01) | 240 (0.16) | 6119 (4) | 11,017 (7.19) | 7766 (5.07) | 583 (0.38) | |
| Not informed | 14,594 (11.34) | 2583 (1.69) | 48 (0.03) | 3 (0) | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | 453 (0.3) | 781 (0.51) | 1303 (0.85) | 99 (0.06) | |
| Years in School | Illiterate | 77,141 (59.95) | 14,523 (9.48) | 2199 (1.44) | 94 (0.06) | 3 (0) | 80 (0.05) | 5721 (3.74) | 5694 (3.72) | 5033 (3.29) | 347 (0.23) |
| Incomplete/complete fundamental studies | 20,725 (16.11) | 78,780 (51.42) | 11,958 (7.81) | 534 (0.35) | 28 (0.02) | 236 (0.15) | 27,919 (18.23) | 31,415 (20.52) | 30,006 (19.6) | 1826 (1.19) | |
| Incomplete/complete high school | 2227 (1.73) | 22,637 (14.78) | 2961 (1.93) | 152 (0.1) | 5 (0) | 23 (0.02) | 7892 (5.15) | 8428 (5.5) | 8889 (5.81) | 531 (0.35) | |
| Graduation | 13,988 (10.87) | 1180 (0.77) | 157 (0.1) | 3 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (0) | 454 (0.3) | 444 (0.29) | 413 (0.27) | 29 (0.02) | |
| Not informed | 7231 (5.62) | 15,895 (10.38) | 1582 (1.03) | 76 (0.05) | 0 (0) | 95 (0.06) | 4298 (2.81) | 5584 (3.65) | 6887 (4.5) | 738 (0.48) | |
| Economic activity | Domestic | 12,062 (9.37) | 13,056 (8.52) | 1595 (1.04) | 77 (0.05) | 0 (0) | 27 (0.02) | 4353 (2.84) | 4991 (3.26) | 5093 (3.33) | 275 (0.18) |
| Others | 75,468 (58.65) | 78,955 (51.54) | 10,939 (7.14) | 374 (0.24) | 13 (0.01) | 164 (0.11) | 28,306 (18.49) | 30,073 (19.64) | 29,699 (19.4) | 2092 (1.37) | |
| Agriculture livestock | 28,192 (21.91) | 28,253 (18.44) | 4393 (2.87) | 186 (0.12) | 4 (0) | 153 (0.1) | 10,213 (6.67) | 12,469 (8.14) | 9597 (6.27) | 512 (0.33) | |
| Tourism | 2759 (2.14) | 2883 (1.88) | 287 (0.19) | 18 (0.01) | 2 (0) | 8 (0.01) | 649 (0.42) | 1103 (0.72) | 1326 (0.87) | 110 (0.07) | |
| Mining | 5999 (4.66) | 5722 (3.73) | 1125 (0.73) | 172 (0.11) | 10 (0.01) | 23 (0.02) | 1486 (0.97) | 1334 (0.87) | 3812 (2.49) | 368 (0.24) | |
| Vegetal extractivism | 1048 (0.81) | 955 (0.62) | 208 (0.14) | 18 (0.01) | 7 (0) | 3 (0) | 293 (0.19) | 354 (0.23) | 508 (0.33) | 31 (0.02) | |
| Fishing hunting | 2758 (2.14) | 2758 (1.8) | 282 (0.18) | 10 (0.01) | 0 (0) | 56 (0.04) | 890 (0.58) | 1101 (0.72) | 970 (0.63) | 75 (0.05) | |
| Road dam construction | 389 (0.3) | 433 (0.28) | 28 (0.02) | 4 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (0) | 94 (0.06) | 140 (0.09) | 223 (0.15) | 8 (0.01) | |