Prevalence of Malaria and Associated Risk Factors among the Community of Mizan-Aman Town and Its Catchment Area in Southwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Distribution of malaria by sex, age, educational status, income, and occupational status among the communities of Mizan-Aman town and its catchment area, 2021 ().

Sociodemographic variables		Malaria
		Positive (%)	Negative (%)	Total (%)
Sex	Male	44 (10.7)	157 (38.1)	201 (48.8)
	Female	43 (10.4)	168 (40.8)	211 (51.2)
Age in year/s	0-4	7 (1.7)	46 (11.2)	53 (12.9)
	5-14	13 (3.2)	60 (14.6)	73 (17.7)
	15-24	14 (3.4)	70 (17.0)	84 (20.4)
	25-34	24(5.8)	76 (18.4)	100 (24.3)
	35-44	18 (4.4)	45 (10.9)	63 (15.3)
	45-55	10 (2.4)	25 (6.1)	35 (8.5)
	>55	1 (0.2)	3 (0.7)	4 (1.0)
Educational status	Illiterate	53 (12.9)	166 (40.3)	219 (53.2)
	Literate	34 (8.2)	159 (38.6)	193 (46.8)
Income	Low	62 (18.7)	100 (30.1)	162 (48.8)
	Middle	17 (5.1)	107 (32.2)	124 (37.3)
	High	7 (2.1)	39 (11.7)	46 (13.9)
Occupation status	Farmer	13 (3.2)	68 (16.5)	81 (19.7)
	Merchant	1 (0.2)	12 (2.9)	13 (3.2)
	Government employee	8 (1.9)	15 (3.6)	23 (5.6)
	Student	23 (5.6)	104 (25.2)	127 (30.8)
	Housewife	26 (6.3)	73 (17.7)	99 (24.0)
	Daily worker	15 (3.6)	40 (9.7)	55 (13.3)
	Other	1 (0.2)	13 (3.2)	14 (3.4)
Total		87 (21.1)	325 (78.9)	412 (100.0)