Table 1.
Characteristics of patients with a clinical suspicion of malaria included in the study
| Characteristicsa | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2015–2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | 459 (26.1) | 325 (18.5) | 103 (5.8) | 192 (11.0) | 402 (22.8) | 279 (15.8) | 1760 (100) |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 258 (56.2) | 173 (53.2) | 57 (55.3) | 108 (56.3) | 171 (42.5) | 99 (35.5) | 866 (49.2) |
| Female | 201 (43.8) | 152 (46.8) | 46 (44.7) | 84 (43.7) | 231 (57.5) | 180 (64.5) | 94 (50.8) |
| Age group (yrs) | |||||||
| < 5 | 68 (14.8) | 141 (43.4) | 54 (52.4) | 64 (33.3) | 61 (15.2) | 106 (38.0) | 494 (28.0) |
| 5–9 | 67 (14.6) | 47 (14.4) | 11 (10.6) | 14 (7.3) | 21 (5.2) | 16 (5.7) | 176 (10.0) |
| 10–14 | 53 (11.5) | 37 (11.4) | 14 (13.6) | 35 (18.2) | 66 (16.4) | 46 (16.5) | 251 (14.3) |
| 15–19 | 45 (9.8) | 10 (3.1) | 2 (2.0) | 23 (12.0) | 53 (13.2) | 19 (6.8) | 152 (8.6) |
| ≥ 20 | 226 (49.2) | 90 (27.7) | 22 (21.3) | 56 (29.1) | 201 (50.0) | 92 (32.9) | 687 (39.0) |
| Ethnic groupb | |||||||
| White Moors | 374 (81.5) | 236 (72.6) | 72 (69.9) | 128 (66.6) | 264 (65.7) | 189 (67.7) | 1263 (71.8) |
| Black Moors | 62 (13.5) | 69 (21.2) | 24 (23.3) | 55 (28.6) | 105 (26.1) | 77 (27.6) | 392 (22.3) |
| Black Africans | 23 (5.0) | 20 (6.1) | 7 (6.8) | 9 (4.7) | 33 (8.2) | 13 (4.6) | 105 (5.9) |
aData are expressed as the number (N) and % in parentheses. The last column (2015–2020) presents the total number (%) of febrile patients with the corresponding characteristics
bThe group referred to as “black Africans” denotes those who belong to Pular, Wolof, or Soninké ethnic groups, each of whom is characterized by a distinct dialect (Pular, Wolof, and Soninké dialects, respectively)