Towards the elimination of malaria in South Africa: a review of surveillance data in Mutale Municipality, Limpopo Province, 2005 to 2010

Table 2 Malaria incidence rates and case fatality rates by age category, Mutale Municipality, July 2005 to June 2010

Age group category	Number of cases^§	Number of deaths	Incidence rate/1,000 population per year^§		Case fatality rate/100 malaria cases^§
Age group category	Number of cases^§	Number of deaths	Rate	(95% CI) ^*	Rate	(95% CI)*
0-4	336	0	5.82	(5.22-6.47)	0	-
5-14	940	0	7.74	(7.26-8.24)	0	-
15-24	1072	1	10.95	(10.31-11.62)	0.08	(0.004-0.41)
25-34	796	10	13.34	(12.46-14.30)	1.11	(0.57-1.94)
35-44	470	3	13.46	(12.29-14.70)	0.60	(0.15-1.60)
> 44	656	7	10.50	(9.73-11.32)	1.03	(0.32-1.43)
Total	4270	21	9.84	(9.55-10.14)	0.50	(0.29-0.68)

^§ Number of cases, incidence rates and case-fatality rates exclude imported and untraceable malaria cases and another 57 cases that had no record of age. * CI = Confidence Interval.

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