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Table 1 Reported malaria burden, diagnostic tests and interventions in Nchelenge district, 2006 to 2012

From: High burden of malaria following scale-up of control interventions in Nchelenge District, Luapula Province, Zambia

Year

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Total population

134,363

139,025

143,847

144,957

147,927

152,216

157,118

Number of households

28,782

29,518

30,253

30,989

31,724

32,460

32,500

Number of malaria cases

51,567

46,737

56,355

52,073

53,328

67,923

83,951

Malaria prevalence (%)

38

34

39

36

36

45

53

% malaria cases confirmed by microscopy

5

6

2

2

7

4

3

% malaria cases confirmed by RDT

0

0

18

21

28

68

61

% clinically diagnosed malaria cases

95

94

80

77

65

28

35

Malaria prevalence among pregnant women (%)

-

-

24

46

33

65

55

LLIN coverage per person

0.07

0.57

1.06

1.55

1.27

1.73

1.24

IRS coverage (% of houses)

0

0

71

89

73

95

19

% of malaria cases that were classified as severe

-

-

3

4

4

4

2

% of malaria cases resulting in death

0.12

0.18

0.25

0.20

0.16

0.23

0.25