Table 4 Estimated number of infected children and population-adjusted parasitaemia prevalence by age group and epidemiological zone

Children aged 6–59 months

 Highland epidemic

55.1 (32.3,99.3)

31.3 (12.9,58.6)

43.2

4.3 (2.5,7.7)

2.4 (1.0,4.5)

44.2

 Lake endemic

244.1 (185.0,312.3)

150.8 (117.0,199.2)

38.2

17.8 (13.5,22.7)

11.3 (8.8,14.9)

36.5

 Coast endemic

65.3 (42.7,101.4)

37.1 (19.6,74.2)

43.2

12.3 (8.0,19.0)

6.9 (3.7,13.9)

43.4

 Semi-arid seasonal

28.9 (14.3,89.0)

46.2 (16.8,220.3)

-59.8

1.7 (0.8,5.1)

2.4 (0.9,11.4)

-44.2

 Low-risk

19.4 (9.0,43.0)

9.7 (0.4,52.3)

50.1

1.0 (0.4,2.1)

0.5 (0.0,2.6)

49.7

 Overall

421.3 (342.3,517.9)

296.2 (197.2,488.1)

29.7

6.1 (4.9,7.5)

4.2 (2.8,6.9)

31.3

Children aged 5–14 years

 Highland epidemic

71.1 (49.8,111.6)

53.7 (30.6,94.5)

24.5

3.0 (2.1,4.7)

2.1 (1.2,3.7)

29.1

 Lake endemic

706.9 (602.4,851.8)

493.3 (420.6,587.7)

30.2

27.7 (23.6,33.4)

19.0 (16.2,22.6)

31.5

 Coast endemic

147.5 (93.4,230.5)

76.4 (36.3,128.9)

48.2

14.9 (9.4,23.3)

7.4 (3.5,12.4)

50.6

 Semi-arid seasonal

44.8 (20.4,108.9)

105.6 (44.5,268.2)

-135.7

1.4 (0.6,3.4)

2.8 (1.2,7.2)

-103.3

 Low-risk

22.8 (8.9,64.6)

43.9 (11.5,190.8)

-92.6

0.6 (0.2,1.7)

1.1 (0.3,4.9)

-85.8

 Overall

1007.0 (832.1,1182.6)

800.8 (629.8,1075.9)

20.5

7.8 (6.4,9.2)

5.8 (4.6,7.8)

25.7