Table 6. Diagnoses posed at the surveys and in comparison with the baseline.
| ALM+ | ALM- | Tot | Baseline | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % |
| Malaria | 140 | 27.0* | 58 | 43.6§ | 198 | 30.4 | 166 | 30.3 |
| URTI | 144 | 27.7* | 21 | 15.8 | 165 | 25.3§ | 76 | 13.9 |
| AWD | 94 | 18.1 | 16 | 12.0 | 110 | 16.9 | 88 | 16.1 |
| TF | 33 | 6.4 | 14 | 10.5 | 47 | 7.2 | 40 | 7.3 |
| Pneumonia | 38 | 7.3 | 4 | 3.0 | 42 | 6.4§ | 7 | 1.3 |
| Other diseases | 14 | 2.7§ | 4 | 3.0§ | 18 | 2.8§ | 112 | 20.4 |
| Skin diseases | 14 | 2.7 | 7 | 5.3 | 21 | 3.2 | 28 | 5.1 |
| measles, chicken pox, TB, whooping cough | 5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0,8 | 6 | 0.9 | 6 | 1.1 |
| Malnutrition | 6 | 1.2 | 2 | 1.5 | 8 | 1.2 | 10 | 1.8 |
| Dysentery | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Anaemia | 3 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.8 | 4 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Group A Streptococcal Infections | 3 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.8 | 4 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Healthy | 3 | 0.6 | 3 | 2.3 | 6 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ear infection | 3 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.8 | 4 | 0.6 | 9 | 1.6 |
| Helmentiasis | 13 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 2.0 | 5 | 0.9 |
| Total | 519 | 100.0 | 133 | 100.0 | 652 | 100.0 | 548 | 100.0 |
*Statistically significant in comparison with ALM- (p<0.01)
§ Statistically significant in comparison with baseline (p<0.01)