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Table 2 Characteristics of the included studies (124 geo-referenced locations from 67 articles)

From: A systematic review of changing malaria disease burden in sub-Saharan Africa since 2000: comparing model predictions and empirical observations

Characteristics

Summary statistics

Geographical region, n (%)

 East Africa

45 (36.3%)

 Southern Africa

29 (23.4%)

 West Africa

26 (21.0%)

 Horn of Africa

20 (16.1%)

 Central Africa

4 (3.2%)

Quality of the study, n (%)

 High risk of bias

41 (32.5%)

 Moderate risk of bias

52 (41.3%)

 Low risk of bias

33 (26.2%)

Data source, n (%)

 In-patient

37 (29.8%)

 In-patient and out-patient

34 (27.4%)

 Out-patient

51 (41.1%)

 Cohort studies

2 (1.6%)

Duration of reported data

 5 years

38 (30.6%)

 6–9 years

42 (33.9%)

 10–15 years

44 (35.5%)

Reported data spanning period

 2000–2005

5 (4.0%)

 Post-2005

43 (34.7%)

 Pre- and post-2005

76 (61.3%)

Average starting parasite prevalence in children aged 2–10 years

 < 10%

40 (32.3%)

 10–50%

64 (51.6%)

 > 50%

20 (16.1%)

Measure of malaria, n (%)

 Number of cases

40 (32.3%)

 Test positive rate

62 (50.0%)

 Incidence rate

22 (17.7%)

Data spatial level

 Country

10 (8.1%)

 District

19 (15.3%)

 Point

84 (67.7%)

 Region

11 (8.9%)

Sample size, median (IQR)

18,389 (5889, 49,616)

  1. Geographical region was classified as East Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa and West Africa. Quality of study was classified as low, moderate and high risk of bias. Source of data was classified as in-patient and/or out-patient. Average starting parasite prevalence in children aged 2–10 years was classified as low, < 10%; moderate, 10–50%; or high, > 50%. Measure of malaria (incidence rate, test positivity rate or number of cases reported)