Table 9 Distribution of sentinel health centres and clinical malaria cases per transmission patterns
| Â | Â | Transmission pattern | Â | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Category | East | West | South | Fringe | Highlands | Total |
No. SHC | Â | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 25 |
No. clinical cases | Â | 249 | 497 | 8 | 57 | 7 | 818 |
Age category | 0-1 year | 25 (10.0) | 22 (4.4) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (15.8) | 0 (0.0) | 56 (6.8) |
2-4 years | 34 (13.7) | 63 (12.7) | 1 (12.5) | 12 (21.1) | 0 (0.0) | 110 (13.4) | |
5-9 years | 51 (20.5) | 104 (20.9) | 1 (12.5) | 15 (26.3) | 0 (0.0) | 171 (20.9) | |
10-15 years | 56 (22.5) | 105 (21.1) | 3 (37.5) | 4 (7.0) | 0 (0.0) | 168 (20.5) | |
15-19 years | 38 (15.3) | 75 (15.1) | 2 (25.0) | 4 (7.0) | 1 (14.3) | 120 (14.7) | |
20-39 years | 26 (10.4) | 96 (19.3) | 1 (12.5) | 11 (19.3) | 6 (85.7) | 140 (17.1) | |
≥40 years | 19 (7.6) | 32 (6.4) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.5) | 0 (0.0) | 53 (6.5) | |
Sex | Male | 132 (53.0) | 276 (55.5) | 6 (75.0) | 28 (49.1) | 4 (57.1) | 446 (54.5) |
Female | 117 (47.0) | 221 (44.5) | 2 (25.0) | 29 (50.9) | 3 (42.9) | 372 (45.5) | |
LLIN use the previous night | Yes | 140 (56.2) | 250 (50.3) | 2 (25.0) | 33 (57.9) | 1 (14.3) | 426 (52.1) |
No | 109 (43.8) | 247 (49.7) | 6 (75.0) | 24 (42.1) | 6 (85.7) | 392 (47.9) | |
IRS the previous year | Yes | 3 (1.2) | 68 (13.7) | 5 (62.5) | 18 (31.6) | 0 (0.0) | 94 (11.6) |
No | 244 (98.8) | 427 (86.3) | 3 (37.5) | 39 (68.4) | 6 (100.0) | 719 (88.4) | |
Received IPTp | Yes | 2 (40.0) | 1 (20.0) | 0 | 0 (0.0) | 0 | 3 (27.3) |
No | 3 (60.0) | 4 (80.0) | 0 | 1 (100.0) | 0 | 8 (72.7) | |