Research Article
Assessment of Malaria Predisposing Factors among Crop Production Farmers Attending the Ndop District Hospital, Northwest Region of Cameroon
Table 1
Distribution of absence/presence of malaria parasitaemia according to sex and age of the farmers.
| | Negative (%) | Mild parasitaemia (%) | Moderate parasitaemia (%) | Severe parasitaemia (%) | Row total (%) | Fisher’s exact test ( value) |
| | Sex | | | | | | | | Males | 198 (34.62) | 77 (87.5) | 22 (66.67) | 0 | 297 (41.54) | =0.0001 | | Females | 374 (65.38) | 11 (12.5) | 11 (33.33) | 22 (100) | 418 (58.46) | | | Age | | | | | | | | Young adults: ≥18 yrs to ≤35 yrs | 286 (50) | 48 (54.55) | 22 (66.67) | 22 (100) | 378 (52.87) | | | Middle aged adults: >35 yrs to ≤55 yrs | 220 (38.46) | 26 (29.55) | 0 | 0 | 246 (34.41) | <0.0001 | | Older adults: >55 yrs | 66 (11.54) | 14 (15.91) | 11 (33.33) | 0 | 91 (12.73) | | | Column total (%) | 572 (80) | 88 (12.31) | 33 (4.62) | 22 (3.08) | 715 | |
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