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Table 3 Completeness, data availability, and validity of selected variables for the evaluation of the malaria surveillance system in KwaZulu-Natal Province, January 2016 to December 2020

From: Evaluation of the malaria case surveillance system in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, 2022: a focus on DHIS2

Selected variables

Completeness (%)

Data availability (%)

Validity (%)

Sex

100

100

100

Age

99.9

99.9

100

Symptoms

42.5

41.6

100

Travel history

98.4

63.5

100

Case classification

98.9

91.6

100

Symptom onset date

96.8

96.8

100

Notification date

99.9

99.9

100

Residential address

67.6

67.6

100

Treatment given

80.5

79.9

100

Citizenship

40.3

100

100

Mean percentage (%)

82.5

84.1

100