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Table 3 The prevalence of anaemia and the proportion of school children reporting using and sleeping under a long-lasting insecticide net the previous night by province in Kenya, 2008-2010.

From: Implementing school malaria surveys in Kenya: towards a national surveillance system

 

Anaemia

Any net

Insecticide-treated net

 

N1

Prevalence

(%, 95% CI)2

N1

Reported use

(%, 95% CI)2

Sleeping under previous night

(%, 95% CI)2

N school with <20% use

(n, %)

N school with ≥60% use

(n, %)

Overall use

(%, 95% CI)2

Total

399/41920

14.1

(13.0-15.3)

480/49,797

44.2

(42.7-45.6)

42.1

(40.9-42.8)

264

(55.0)

11

(2.3)

19.0

(18.0-20.2)

Province

        

Nyanza

85/8969

11.3

(9.6-13.3)

90/9,316

39.9

(38.2-41.5)

38.5

(36.8-40.1)

73 (81.1)

0

13.5

(12.1-15.0)

Western

35/3751

19.8

(15.7-25.1)

37/3,892

44.1

(42.1-46.0)

41.1

(38.0-44.2)

30 (81.1)

0

13.3

(11.2-15.6)

Central

22/2387

3.6

(2.3-5.4)

22/2,387

37.8

(36.2-39.5)

37.1

(35.4-38.7)

14 (63.6)

2 (9.1)

10.8

(8.6-13.5)

Rift Valley

63/6629

6.8

(5.5-8.3)

90/9,202

29.7

(27.7-31.7)

28.7

(27.0-30.4)

71 (78.9)

0

9.5

(8.2-11.1)

Nairobi

10/924

5.2

(3.7-7.4)

10/919

44.7

(41.4-48.1)

38.6

(34.8-42.5)

8 (80.0)

0

17.3

(12.3-24.6)

Eastern

33/3399

12.4

(9.8-15.5)

52/5,355

69.4

(67.1-71.7)

55.2

(52.8-57.5)

5 (9.6)

2 (3.8)

40.0

(36.9-43.4)

North Eastern

13/1262

32.8

(26.7-40.4)

43/4,078

60.1

(57.9-62.2)

50.5

(48.0-53.0)

32 (74.4)

2 (4.7)

4.1

(3.1-5.4)

Coast

138/14599

44.6

(39.8-49.9)

139/14,648

66.7

(65.1-68.4)

62.6

(60.5-64.7)

31 (22.3)

5 (3.6)

35.5

(33.0-38.1)

  1. 1 Number of schools surveyed/children tested.
  2. 2Prevalence and 95% binomial confidence intervals calculated using generalized linear and latent mixed models (GLLAMM) adjusted for clustering at the school level.