Table 1 Prevalence of malaria by sex at Felegehiwot referral Hospital for the last 5 years (2010–2014)
Sex | Plasmodium species | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P. falciparum no (%) | P. vivax no (%) | Mixed no (%)* | Negative no (%) | Total no (%) | p value | |
Male | 216 (2.9) | 185 (2.5) | 5 (0.07) | 7087 (95.5) | 7421 (50.3) | <0.025 |
Female | 181 (2.5) | 146 (2) | 7 (0.1) | 6923 (94.5) | 7329 (49.7) | |
Total | 397 (2.7) | 331 (2.2) | 12 (0.08) | 14,010 (95) | 14,750 (100) | |
p value | 0.01 | |||||