From: Increasing malaria hospital admissions in Uganda between 1999 and 2009
Characteristic | District (region) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Kambugu Hospital (South Western) | Mubende Hospital (Central 2) | Jinja Hospital (East Central) | Tororo Hospital (Mid-Eastern) | Apac Hospital (Mid-Northern) |
Number of beds | 135 | 100 | 431 | 285 | 100 |
Projected population <15 years in 30 km radial catchment: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
1999 | 235,448 | 116,802 | 398,969 | 310,100 | 116,910 |
2009 | 280,321 | 159,316 | 522,751 | 413,633 | 166,559 |
Average annual rainfall 1999-2009, mm | 1,009 | 1,062 | 1,359 | 1,553 | 1,471 |
Malaria admission rate per 1,000 catchment of 0-14-year-old population per year 1999-2009 (95% CI), total malaria records | 6.85 (6.76 to 6.95), 19,398 | 9.20 (9.04 to 9.35), 13,860 | 8.71 (8.62 to 8.80), 39,355 | 12.49 (12.38 to 12.60), 49,413 | 20.30 (20.07 to 20.52), 31,351 |
Non-malaria admission rate per 1,000 catchment of 0-14-year-old population per year 1999-2009 (95% CI), total non-malaria records | 1.41 (1.37 to 1.46), 7,607 | 5.05 (4.94 to 5.16), 7,607 | 4.34 (4.28 to 4.40), 19,622 | 2.93 (2.88 to 2.98), 11,595 | 11.63 (11.46 to 11.81), 17,970 |
Intervention coverage:a | |||||
UDHS 2000/2001 | |||||
Percentage of children under 5 years with fever treated with recommended first-line drug CQ (n) | 10.4 (316) | 10.2 (206) | 25.0 (356) | 17.6 (278) | 9.6 (187) |
Percentage ITN coverage in children aged <5 yearsb (n) | 0.15 (1374) | 0.92 (649) | 0.36 (845) | 0.73 (683) | 0.50 (399) |
UDHS 2006 | |||||
Percentage of children under 5 years with fever treated with recommended first-line drug CQ + SP (n) | 19.5 (205) | 8.3 (240) | 9.6 (374) | 8.4 (346) | 16.8 (499) |
Percentage ITN coverage in children aged <5 yearsb (n) | 7.1 (917) | 4.2 (793) | 5.0 (925) | 6.5 (799) | 23.1 (1063) |
UMIS 2009 | |||||
Percentage of children under 5 years with fever treated with recommended first-line drug AL (n) | 10.0 (106) | 18.0 (158) | 13.4 (322) | 16.6 (130) | 40.8 (361) |
Percentage ITN coverage in children aged <5 yearsb (n) | 32.6 (487) | 11.3 (352) | 18.9 (564) | 41.8 (479) | 41.8 (568) |
Proportion of households sprayed in last 12 months (n) | 1.8 (705) | 4.6 (439) | 0.4 (557) | 0.6 (530) | 31.6 (552) |
Transmission intensity at end of surveillance period 2009 | |||||
Parasite rate among children aged 1-59 months November-December 2009 (n) | 11.6% (460) | 50.7% (344) | 56.3% (538) | 37.5% (472) | 62.5% (554) |