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Table 3 The population distribution and malaria incidence per region (2009)

From: Evaluating active roles of community health workers in accelerating universal access to health services for malaria in Palawan, the Philippines

Region

Population

Smear

Confirmed malaria cases

P. falciparum

<5a (%)

ABER

SPR

API

Total

872,390

89,290

7606

73.1 %

17.3

10.3

8.52

8.72

Northern region

334,392

23,626

488

66.0 %

11.1

7.07

2.07

1.46

Puerto Princesa City

207,119

8776

880

63.5 %

8.4

4.24

10.0

4.25

Southern region

330,879

56,888

6238

75.0 %

19.0

17.2

11.0

18.9

  1. Abbreviations: ABER annual blood examination rate, SPR slide positivity rate, API annual parasite index
  2. aThe percentage of malaria patients who were younger than 5 years of age