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.