Table 7

Summary of clinical malaria burden indices in under five-year old children in the Kassena-Nankana district

Survey period

2000

2003

Clinical malaria burden indices

(N = 2031) %

(N = 2208) %

Proportion of OPD cases with diagnosis of clinical malaria

53.0

56.0

Proportion of OPD malaria cases confirmed by microscopy

6.1

14.4

Proportion of OPD cases with diagnosis of anaemia

1.9

0.6

Proportion of IPD cases with diagnosis of clinical malaria

46.6

65.0

Proportion of IPD cases with diagnosis of anaemia

20.5

20.8

Anaemia case fatality

3.1

5.2

Malaria case fatality

3.5

4.0

Owusu-Agyei et al. Malaria Journal 2007 6:103   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-6-103