Falciparum Malaria in Febrile Patients at Sentinel Sites for Influenza Surveillance in the Central African Republic from 2015 to 2018

Table 1

Distribution of malaria infection according to demographic characteristics, Central African Republic, 2015–2018.

Characteristics	Malaria
	Positive, n (%)	Negative, n (%)	OR	CI (95%)	value
Sex
M	1731 (67)	839 (33)
F	1875 (66.44)	947 (33.56)
Age group
<1 year	750 (60)	504 (40)
1–4 years	1497 (76)	465 (24)	2.2	[1.8, 2.6]	0.001
5–14 years	473 (73)	177 (27)	1.7	[1.34, 2.15]	0.001
15–49 years	697 (56)	548 (44)	0.75	[0.6, 0.9]	0.005
≥50 years	192 (67)	94 (33)	1.05	[0.7, 1.4]	0.73
Location
Bangui Pediatric Complex	316 (44.57)	393 (55.43)
Saint Joseph	758 (75)	258 (25)	3.62	[2.9, 5.52]	0.001
Boali	1042 (62)	632 (38)	2.33	[1.91, 2.84]	0.001
Bossembele	979 (96)	36 (4)	36.32	[24.76, 53.26]	0.001
Pissa	514 (52)	467 (48)	1.86	[1.49, 2.31]	0.001
Influenza
Negative	3240 (69)	1473 (31)
Positive	367 (75)	124 (25)
Year
2015	825 (76.53)	253 (23.47)
2016	817 (81)	188 (18)
2017	1004 (63)	580 (36)
2018	963 (56)	767 (44)

The significant difference according to age group and location