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Table 3 Prevalence of severe anaemia among children under 5 years old in Mali, 2010–2015

From: Impact evaluation of malaria control interventions on morbidity and all-cause child mortality in Mali, 2000–2012

Characteristics

2006

% (95% CI)

N

2010

% (95% CI)

N

2012–2013

% (95% CI)

N

2015

% (95% CI) N

Changea

p-value

Overall

22.5 (20.0–25.1)

3239

26.3 (22.5–30.5)

1580

20.6 (18.9–22.4)

4745

19.9 (17.4–22.6)

7081

− 2.6

< 0.0001

Age categories (years)

 6–23

31.8 (28.2–35.6)

1099

33.0 (27.4–39.1)

508

25.2 (22.6–28.0)

1485

23.1 (20.5–26.0)

2261

− 8.7

< 0.0001

 24–59

17.7 (15.3–20.4)

2139

23.1 (19.3–27.5)

1071

18.5 (16.5–20.6)

3259

18.4 (15.7–21.3)

4821

0.7

0.0018

Endemicity

 Moderate

21.2 (15.6–28.1)

515

15.1 (15.6–28.1)

515

12.5 (9.5–16.2)

689

11.6 (9.3–14.4)

2015

− 9.6

< 0.0001

 High

22.9 (10.1–25.8)

2700

28.3 (24.0–33.1)

1325

22.0 (20.1–24.1)

4000

23.2 (20.1–26.5)

5066

0.3

0.00004

Place of residence

 Urban

11.1 (8.1–15.0)

875

9.7 (7.1–13.1)

300

8.4 (6.7–10.6)

879

7.7 (6.4–9.3)

1349

− 3.4

0.0470

 Rural

26.7 (24.1–29.5)

2363

30.2 (25.8–35.0)

1279

23.3 (21.4–25.5)

3866

22.7 (19.9–25.9)

5733

− 4.0

< 0.0001

Regions

 Kayes

22.6 (16.1–30.9)

512

31.8 (22.4–43.0)

206

18.9 (15.4–22.9)

613

19.9 (15.6–24.4)

1083

− 3.4

0.0004

 Koulikoro

25.1 (20.7–30.1)

659

21.3 (14.7–29.8)

322

20.4 (14.4–25.1)

1038

19.8 (15.8–24.6)

1481

− 4.0

0.0464

 Sikasso

27.0 (22.2–32.3)

681

34.6 (27.9–42.0)

230

21.1 (17.6–25.0)

1157

19.4 (15.7–23.7)

1321

− 2.7

< 0.0001

 Segou

25.6 (21.4–30.3)

618

28.7 (19.3–40.3)

409

20.5 (16.7–25.0)

909

20.3 (16.7–24.4)

1300

− 5.3

0.0005

 Moptib

15.8 (8.3–28.1)

382

31.0 (22.4–41.1)

229

30.1 (25.1–35.6)

611

29.5 (19.6–41.8)

1087

13.7

< 0.0001

 Bamako

11.5 (8.4–15.6)

387

7.4 (4.9–11.1)

183

8.3 (6.2–11.0)

417

7.4 (5.9–9.4)

809

− 4.1

0.1021

  1. aPercent absolute change from the first survey to the last survey
  2. bStudy was conducted in selected areas of the region of Mopti which were retained for the overall analysis
  3. p-value of Chi squared for linear trend in proportions across the surveys