Table 1 Proportion of malaria cases according to age (between 2000 to 2008)
From: Evidence of decline of malaria in the general hospital of Libreville, Gabon from 2000 to 2008
| Â | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of children | 889 | 3525 | 4867 | 4133 | 2932 | 1174 | 2172 | 3116 | 4684 |
Age, Median(IQR) a , months | 24(13-48) | 24(12-48) | 24(13-54) | 24(12-48) | 24(12-54) | 24(12-48) | 24(12-48) | 24(12-60) | 24(12-48) |
Proportion with Malaria | 45% | 27% | 36.7% | 36.4% | 30.0% | 24.5% | 21.0% | 12.0% | 15.0% |
Children (0- <5 years), N(%) | 699 (79%) | 2795 (79%) | 3656 (75%) | 3159 (76%) | 2190 (75%) | 1347 (75%) | 1655 (76%) | 2327 (75%) | 3630 (78%) |
-proportion with malaria | 45% | 26% | 36% | 34% | 28% | 21% | 19% | 10% | 13% |
Children (5-10 years), N,(%) | 190 (21%) | 730 (22%) | 1211 (25%) | 974 (24%) | 742 (25%) | 427 (25%) | 517 (24%) | 789 (25%) | 1054 (23%) |
- proportion with malaria | 46% | 31% | 40% | 43% | 37% | 35% | 27% | 16% | 23% |
OR (95%CI) b for malaria risk | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
- children (0 - <5 years) | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
- children (5-10 years) | 1.0 (0.7-1.4) | 1.3 (1.1-1.5) | 1.2 (1.1-1.3) | 1.5 (1.3-1.7) | 1.6 (1.3-1.8) | 2.0 (1.6-2.6) | 1.5 (1.2-1.9) | 1.7 (1.4-2.2) | 2.0 (1.6-2.3) |
p-value | 0.91 | 0.004 | 0.02 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |