Prevalence of Malaria from Blood Smears Examination: A Seven-Year Retrospective Study from Metema Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Overall slide positive rate of malaria in relation to sex at Metema Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2006–2012.

Sex	No. screened	No. Positive	Percentage (%)	𝑃 value
Males	30379	5470	18	0.001
Females	25454	4016	15.8
Total	55833	9486	17