Table 2 Factors spontaneously mentioned by respondents as the cause(s) of malaria from 2006 survey*.
| Â | Household Head | Household Member | Care-giver | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural |
| Â | N = 361 | N = 365 | N = 38 | N = 43 | N = 121 | N = 161 |
| Â | %, (n, 95% CI) | %, (n, 95% CI) | %, (n, 95% CI) | %, (n, 95% CI) | %, (n, 95% CI) | %, (n, 95% CI) |
Mosquito bites | 74.8 (270, 70.0 - 79.2) | 78.9 (288, 74.4 - 83.0) | 89.5 (34, 75.2 - 97.1) | 76.7 (33, 61.4 - 88.2) | 84.3 (102, 76.6 - 90.3) | 76.4 (123, 69.1 - 82.7) |
Weedy Surroundings/Stagnant water | 32.1 (116, 27.3 - 37.2) | 39.2 (34.1 - 44.3) | 36.8 (14, 21.8 - 54.0) | 32.6 (14, 19.0 - 48.5) | 24.8 (30, 17.4 - 33.5) | 24.2 (39, 17.8 - 31.6) |
Dirty Surroundings | 38.0 (137, 32.9 - 43.2) | 46.3 (169, 41.0 - 51.6) | 34.2 (13, 19.6 - 51.4) | 55.8 (24,39.9 -70.9) | 40.5 (49, 31.7 - 49.8) | 32.3 (52, 25.2 - 40.1) |
Eating contaminated food | 23.3 (84, 19.0 - 28.0) | 29.3 (107, 24.7 - 34.3) | 23.7 (9, 11.4 - 40.2) | 25.6 (11, 13.5 - 41.2) | 23.1 (28, 16.0 - 31.7) | 34.2 (55, 26.9 - 42.0) |
Standing/walking in the sun | 41.0 (148, 35.9 - 46.2) | 47.1 (172, 41.9 - 52.4) | 21.1 (8, 9.6 - 37.3) | 34.9 (15, 21.0 - 50.9) | 33.1 (40, 24.8 - 42.2) | 36.0 (28.6 - 43.9) |
Sweet foods | 2.2 (8, 0.9 - 4.3) | 3.6 (13, 1.9 - 6.0) | 2.6 (1, 0.1 - 13.8) | 7.0 (3, 1.5 - 19.1) | 2.5 (3, 0.5 - 7.1) | 1.2 (2, 0.2 - 4.4) |