Table 3

Cluster Survey Target Population, Response Rate and Pf Prevalence


2004
2006
Sample Characteristic
BPHWT*
KDHW
BPHWT
KDHW**

Target Population
129,000
96,888
134,732
89,092
Number of Clusters Sampled
100
100
180
100
Number of Clusters Successfully Reached
92
84
164
88
Total Households Sampled
1,834
1,657
1,614
1,835
Response Rate
92%
83%
90%
92%
Number of Malaria Rapid Tests Performed
1,739
1,588
882
1,329
Proportion of Respondents Tested
95%
96%
55%
72%
Proportion Female
62%
92%
84%
99%
Plasmodium falciparum Prevalence
12.4%
11.8%
6.3%
8.2%
Cluster Adjusted 95% Confidence Interval
(9.4 – 15.4)
(9.5 – 14.2)
(3.9 – 8.8)
(5.1 – 11.3)

BPHWT: Backpack Health Worker Team; KDHW: Karen Department of Health & Welfare

* BPHWT 2004 survey results reported previously in Mullany, Richards, Lee et al. (2007). See reference 13.

** KDHW 2006 sampling frame includes seven malaria control program areas (n = 180) with Pf prevalence of 1.7%. Prevalence in non-MCP clusters (n = 1267) was 9.1%.

Richards et al. Conflict and Health 2007 1:9   doi:10.1186/1752-1505-1-9