Presumptive Treatment of Malaria in Ghana: Was It Ever Useful? Evidence from the Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana

Table 1

Distribution of parasites and symptoms by sex in study subjects (N=2086).

Variable	Male (n=1138)		Female (n=948)
	Yes	No	Yes	No
Parasites	614(54.0%)	521(46.0%)	508(54.0%)	435(46.0%)
Vomiting	671(59.0%)	467(41.0%)	556(59.0%)	392(41.0%)
Fever	423(37.2%)	715(63.8%)	386(40.7%)	562(59.3%)
Cough (Resp. symptoms)	546(48.0%)	592(52.0%)	442(46.6%)	506(53.4%)