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Table 6 Confirmed symptomatic parasitaemia across all age groups N (%)

From: Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia following mass testing and treatment in Pakro sub-district of Ghana

Age group

July 2017 Survey

July 2018 Survey

χ2 value

P Value

0–11 months

2/5 (40.0)

4/6 (66.7)

0.7822

0.567

1–4 years

28/60 (46.7)

16/38 (42.1)

0.1957

0.658

5–14 years

24/33 (72.7)

17/29 (58.6)

1.3713

0.242

15–45 years

26/73 (35.6)

23/51 (45.1)

1.1293

0.288

46–65 years

6/18 (33.3)

11/45 (24.4)

0.5156

0.473

> 65 years

10/30 (33.3)

7/28 (25.0)

0.4854

0.486

Total # of < 15

54/98 (55.1)

37/73 (50.7)

0.3279

0.567

Total # of ≥15

42/121 (34.7)

41/124 (33.1)

0.0741

0.785