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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of undifferentiated fever and malaria cases identified by village health volunteers in Myanmar, 2016

From: How are the village health volunteers deliver malaria testing and treatment services and what are the challenges they are facing? A mixed methods study in Myanmar

Characteristics

Undifferentiated fever cases

Malaria cases

N

%

N

%

Total

444,268

100

20,375

100

Age group

 < 1 year

4219

0.9

124

0.6

 1–4 years

28,248

6.4

1729

8.5

 5–9 years

45,527

10.2

2270

11.1

 10–14 years

44,134

9.9

2136

10.5

 ≥ 15 years

322,084

72.5

14,116

69.3

 Missing

56

< 1

0

0.0

Sex

 Male

237,129

53.4

13,563

66.6

 Female

207,084

46.6

6812

33.4

 Missing

55

< 1

0

0.0

State/region

 Ayeyarwaddy

18,899

4.3

1796

8.8

 BagoE

35,600

8.0

115

0.6

 BagoW

12,453

2.8

22

0.1

 Magway

16,490

3.7

65

0.3

 Mandalay

7576

1.7

356

1.7

 Nay Pyi Taw

2112

0.5

124

0.6

 Sagaing

20,594

4.6

1511

7.4

 Tanintharyi

19,461

4.4

443

2.4

 Yangon

25,536

5.7

5

< 1

 Chin

13,808

3.1

1590

7.8

 Kachin

9823

2.2

384

1.9

 Kayah

16,163

3.6

120

0.6

 Kayin

16,480

3.7

225

1.1

 Mon

11,641

2.6

94

0.5

 Rakhine

92,403

20.8

11,736

57.6

 ShanE

9941

2.2

530

2.6

 ShanN

32,656

7.4

239

1.2

 ShanS

82,632

18.6

1020

5.0