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

Table 3

Slide positive rate of malaria by age groups in patients who attended at Metema Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2006–2012.

Age group in year	No. screened	Positive	Percentage (%)	𝑃 value
<1	4132	473	11.4	0.001
1–4	9909	1630	16.4
5–14	6847	1375	20.1
15–29	21593	3986	18.5
30–44	9645	1511	15.7
≥45	3707	511	13.8