Past eight-year malaria data in Gedeo zone, southern Ethiopia: trend, reporting-quality, spatiotemporal distribution, and association with socio-demographic and meteorological variables

Table 4 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors associated with malaria at HCs in Gedeo zone, South Ethiopia, 2012–2019

Variable	Suspected cases N (%)	Confirmed n (%)	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Sex
Male	259,906 (53.54)	29,480 (11.34)	1.0	1.0
Female	225,508 (46.46)	27,748 (12.30)	0.69 (0.73, 1.02)	1.02 (0.97, 1.08)
Age category
< 5	109,302 (22.52)	15,116 (13.83)	1.0	1.0
5–14	111,028 (22.87)	11,706 (10.54)	1.53 (1.42, 1.77)^**	1.33 (1.29, 1.37)^**
15+	265,084 (54.61)	30,406 (11.47)	2.31 (2.19, 2.61)^**	2.00 (1.90, 2.11)^**
District/urban center
Yirgacheffe rural^H	49,684	5187 (10.44)	1.0	1.0
Dilla town^L	137,860	18,150 (13.17)	4.87 (3.55, 6.02)^**	3.16 (2.11, 4.22)^**
Dilla zuria^L	119,207	12,588 (10.56)	2.56 (2.17, 2.73)^**	2.30 (1.82, 2.78)^**
Wonago^H	71,689	7427 (10.36)	1.86 (1.72, 1.95)^*	1.40 (1.21, 1.60)^*
Yirgacheffe town^H	60,531	6271 (10.36)	0.33 (0.09, 1.65)	0.24 (0.07, 1.42)
Kochore^H	46,443	7605 (16.37)	1.45 (1.14, 1.69)^**	1.59 (1.20, 1.98)^**

% of confirmed: percentage (n/N*100)
^L: districts at low altitude (< 1750 masl); ^H: districts at high altitude (1750–2500 masl)
*significant difference of p < 0.05, **significant difference at p < 0.001

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