Table 5. Geometric mean parasite density of malaria with respect to demographic factors.

Characteristics	Category	Number examined	GMPD (Parasites/μL)	Statistics	P value
Overall GMPD			6869.17
Sex	Female	245	4,786.16	U = 29255	0.030*
	Male	255	8,467.40
Occupation	Business	33	7,407.41	H = 28.172	< 0.001*
	Farmer	158	5,834.80
	Health worker	11	0
	Pupil	143	6,315.56
	Student	88	5,319.37
	Teacher	16	26,037.78
	Unemployed	51	8,804.98
Marital status	Single	341	7000.12	H = 15.420	0.001*
	Married	134	5795.57
	Widow	24	0
	Widower	1	0

* Significant association, p < 0.05 H = Kruskal-Wallis test U = Mann-Whitney.