Characteristics | Summary statistics |
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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) |