Table 1: Age related prevalence of malaria parasites among patients.

Age (group) No. examined No. positive (%) microscopy No. positive (%) RDTs
< 20 47 27 (57.4%) 15 (31.9%)
21-30 277 145 (52.3%) 121 (43.7%)
31-40 35 19 (54.3%) 10 (28.6%)
41-50 25 16 (64%) 5 (20%)
51 and above 19 15 (78.9%) 9 (4.7%)
Total 403 222 (55.1%) 150 (37.2%)

χ2 = 7.4298, P-value = 0.1148.