Table 1

The distribution of the incidence of confirmed malaria cases (all types, P. falciparum and P. vivax) per village in 497 villages in East Shoa, Central Ethiopia

Variables

Mean

SD

Median

Min

Max


No. of examined outpatients

597

1625

63

1

20021

No. of malaria cases (all types)

165

467

19

0

5873

No. of P. falciparum cases

99

325

12

0

3919

No. of P. vivax cases

68

185

7

0

1999

No. of P. falciparum gametocytes

13

41

2

0

547

No. of P. vivax gametocytes

0.1

0.6

0

0

10

Proportion of malaria cases

0.276

0.099

0.254

0

1.00

Proportion of P. falciparum cases

0.165

0.094

0.143

0

1.00

Proportion of P. vivax cases

0.113

0.056

0.1

0

1.00

Proportion of P. falciparum cases with gametocytes

0.022

0.016

0.017

0

1.00

Proportion of P. vivax cases with gametocytes

0.002

0.001

0

0

1.00

Median age of malaria cases (all types) (yrs)

17.9

2.97

18

1

44

Median age of P. falciparum cases

18.5

2.98

19

1

68

Median age of P. vivax cases

16.7

3.74

17

1

52

Median age of P. falciparum gametocyte carriers

19

5.03

20

1

68

Median age P. vivax gametocyte carriers

13.2

9.14

9.5

0.5

30


Yeshiwondim et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2009 8:5   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-8-5

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