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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of 383 patients presenting with fever at Kisenyi Health Centre IV

From: Do clinicians in areas of declining malaria transmission adhere to malaria diagnosis guidelines? A cross-sectional study from Kampala, Uganda

Characteristic

Frequency (N = 383)

Percentage (%)

Age categories

  < 18

83

21.7

  ≥ 18

300

78.3

Sex

 Male

168

43.9

 Female

215

56.1

Division

 Central

59

15.4

 Lubaga

104

27.2

 Makindye

121

31.7

 Kawempe

22

5.8

 Nakawa

9

2.4

 Out of Kampala

67

17.5

Marital status

 Single

258

67.4

 Married

125

32.6

Education level

 Primary or lower

150

39.2

 Secondary

193

50.4

 Tertiary

40

10.4

Bed net use (the night before the survey)

 

 No

138

36.0

 Yes

245

64.0

History of overnight travel

 No

210

54.8

 Yes

173

45.2

Overnight travel details

 None

 Travel within Kampala district

210

102

59.0

 Travel out of Kampala district

71

41.0

Last malaria infection or treatment

 Never

29

7.6

  < 28 days

57

14.9

  > 28 days

297

77.5