Table 1 Demographic characteristics of imported recurrence cases of Plasmodium vivax and P. ovale
Demographic characteristics | Imported recurrent cases | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P. vivax | P. ovale | ||||
Number | % | Number | % | ||
Total | 179 | 128 | |||
Sex | 0.3869 | ||||
Male | 163 | 91.1% | 120 | 93.8% | |
Female | 16 | 8.9% | 8 | 6.3% | |
Age (years) | < 0.0010 | ||||
< 10 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
10–19 | 2 | 1.1% | 1 | 0.8% | |
20–29 | 50 | 27.9% | 21 | 16.4% | |
30–39 | 51 | 28.5% | 46 | 35.9% | |
40–49 | 50 | 27.9% | 26 | 20.3% | |
50–59 | 20 | 11.2% | 32 | 25.0% | |
≥ 60 | 6 | 3.4% | 2 | 1.6% | |
Occupation* | < 0.0500 | ||||
Migrant workers | 32 | 43.2% | 42 | 44.7% | |
Construction workers | 29 | 38.2% | 20 | 21.3% | |
Other workers# | 15 | 19.7% | 32 | 34.0% | |
Civil servants | 9 | 8.7% | 5 | 4.6% | |
Businessmen | 5 | 4.9% | 3 | 2.75% | |
Others§ | 13 | 12.6% | 7 | 6.4% | |
Radical curative treatment* | 0.9001 | ||||
Yes | 9 | 8.7% | 9 | 8.3% | |
No | 94 | 91.3% | 100 | 91.7% | |