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Table 2 Survey measured parasite prevalence in children 1–59 months. by year and province, Zambia 2006–2012

From: The relative contribution of climate variability and vector control coverage to changes in malaria parasite prevalence in Zambia 2006–2012

 

Parasite prevalence (%) (95 % CI)

Province

2006

2008

2010

2012

Central

31.0 (16.0–46.0)

5.6 (0.0–11.7)

9.2 (2.7–15.7)

8.6 (3.4–20.4)

Lusaka

0.0 (0.0–4.7)

1.2 (0.0–2.6)

0.0 (0.0–1.0)

0.0 (0.0–1.6)

Copperbelt

14.3 (5.2–23.4)

10.0 (4.9–15.0)

12.1 (6.0–18.2)

4.6 (1.3–15.4)

Eastern

23.8 (12.1–35.6)

8.2 (4.4–12.1)

22.0 (17.4–26.6)

20.4 (15.6–26.2)

Luapula

33.8 (23.0–44.5)

19.6 (12.5–26.7)

50.5 (41.2–59.8)

32.2 (22.1–44.4)

Northern

30.2 (18.9–41.6)

10.9 (6.0–15.7)

23.6 (9.5–37.7)

22.0 (15.7–30.0)

North-western

23.4a

14.1 (4.8–23.4)

6.0 (0.7–11.4)

16.7 (9.6–27.6)

Southern

15.5 (3.1–27.9)

7.7 (0.0–17.0)

5.7 (0.4–10.9)

8.5 (5.1–13.8)

Western

11.2 (1.6–20.9)

2.7 (0.0–5.9)

5.1 (1.2–8.9)

12.6 (6.0–24.7)

National

22.4 (17.6–27.2)

9.3 (7.0–11.6)

15.9 (12.2–19.6)

14.6 (11.9–17.7)

  1. Point estimates and confidence intervals account for survey design
  2. adata missing (prevalence estimated from rapid diagnostic test (RDT) field reports