Prevalence of Malaria Infection and Risk Factors Associated with Anaemia among Pregnant Women in Semiurban Community of Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India

Table 1

Parasitaemia, reported fever, and anaemia among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics and delivery units.

	Antenatal clinics	Delivery units
	(%)	(%)
Peripheral parasitaemia
Overall	68 (5.4)	37 (4.3)
Falciparum	3 (0.23)	2 (0.22)
Vivax	59 (4.6)	32 (3.67)
Mixed	6 (0.47)	3 (0.34)
By gravidity
Primigravid	21/423 (4.9)	11/338 (3.2)
Secundigravid	38/578 (6.6)	15/209 (7.1)
Multigravid	9/270 (3.3)	11/323 (3.4)
Report of fever within 1 week	167 (13.1)	93 (10.6)
Anaemia	1093 (86)	626 (72)
Severe anaemia	148/1093 (13.6)	49/626 (7.8)