Epidemiology of Imported Malaria in Netrokona District of Bangladesh 2013-2018: Analysis of Surveillance Data

Table 1

Comparison between imported and indigenous cases by different factors.

Factors	Category	Imported cases		Indigenous cases
		Number	%	Number	%
Age group; (Year)	< 5	5	1%	3	2%
	5-14	32	6%	36	28%
	15-49	408	82	67	53
	50+	54	11%	21	17%
Population type	Cross-border worker	465	93	8	6
	Static population	17	3%	119	94%
	Indian citizen	17	3%	-	-
Sex	Male	418	84	86	68
	Female	81	16%	41	32%
Occupation	Labour	328	66	17	13
	Farmer	75	15%	31	24%
	Housewife	35	7%	27	21%
	Student	35	7%	31	24%
	Others	26	5%	21	17%
Ethnicity	Tribal	472	95	76	60
	Bengali	27	5%	50	40%
Species	P. falciparum (Pf)	312	63	91	71
	P. vivax (Pv)	46	9%	11	9%
	Mixed	141	28	25	20