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Table 3 Age- and gender-based distribution of malaria cases in the area under study

From: High proportion of knowlesi malaria in recent malaria cases in Malaysia

States

Number of patients according to age groups (%)

Gender (%)

0–10

11–20

21–30

31–40

41–50

51–60

61–70

71–80

81–90

Total

Male

Female

Sarawak

2

14

18

15

33

26

10

1

1

120

90

30

(1.7)

(11.7)

(15.0)

(12.5)

(27.5)

(21.7)

(8.3)

(0.8)

(0.8)

(100.0)

(75.0)

(25.0)

Sabah

10

22

31

15

18

12

6

1

0

115

90

25

(8.7)

(19.1)

(27.0)

(13.0)

(15.7)

(10.4)

(5.2)

(0.9)

(0)

(100.0)

(78.3)

(21.7)

Selangor

0

13

69

19

8

2

0

0

0

111

92

19

(0)

(11.7)

(62.2)

(17.1)

(7.2)

(1.8)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(100.0)

(82.9)

(17.1)

Kelantan

2

5

27

11

10

1

0

0

0

56

43

13

(3.6)

(8.9)

(48.2)

(19.6)

(17.9)

(1.8)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(100.0)

(76.8)

(23.2)

Pahang

0

1

8

9

6

1

0

0

0

25

19

6

(0)

(4.0)

(32.0)

(36.0)

(24.0)

(4.0)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(100.0)

(76.0)

(24.0)

Negeri Sembilan

1

1

3

3

1

1

0

0

0

10

9

1

(10.0)

(10.0)

(30.0)

(30.0)

(10.0)

(10.0)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(100.0)

(90.0)

(10.0)

Johor

0

1

1

6

0

0

1

0

0

9

8

1

(0)

(11.1)

(11.1)

(66.7)

(0)

(0)

(11.1)

(0)

(0)

(100.0)

(88.9)

(11.1)

Kedah

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

2

0

(0)

(50.0)

(50.0)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(100.0)

(100.0)

(0)

Terengganu

0

1

2

1

0

1

0

0

0

5

4

1

(0)

(20.0)

(40.0)

(20.0)

(0)

(20.0)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(100.0)

(80.0)

(20.0)

Total

15

59

160

79

76

44

17

2

1

453

357

96

(3.3)

(13.0)

(35.3)

(17.4)

(16.8)

(9.7)

(3.8)

(0.4)

(0.2)

(100.0)

(78.8)

(21.2)

X2, P

52,8, 0.597

10.6, 0.158