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Table 3 Change of annual parasite incidence rate ratios based on project reports in five special regions of Myanmar from 2008 to 2013

From: Malaria control along China-Myanmar Border during 2007–2013: an integrated impact evaluation

Years (n = person-yearsa]

Vivax malaria

Falciparum malaria

All confirmed malaria

Number of cases

Rate ratio (95 % CI]

P- value

Number of cases

Rate ratio (95 % CI]

P- value

Number of cases

Rate ratio (95 % CI]

P- value

2008 (Baseline, n = 195 849)

2 765

Reference

5 409

Reference

8 174

Reference

2009 (n = 544 876)

3 680

0.48 (0.46–0.50)

<0.0001

6 738

0.45 (0.43–0.46)

<0.0001

10 455

0.46 (0.45–0.47)

<0.0001

2010 (n = 554 143)

2 798

0.36 (0.34–0.38)

<0.0001

2 279

0.15 (0.14–0.16)

<0.0001

5 084

0.22 (0.21–0.23)

<0.0001

2011 (n = 187 803)

873

0.33 (0.31–0.36)

<0.0001

526

0.10 (0.09–0.11)

<0.0001

1 413

0.18 (0.17–0.19)

<0.0001

2012 (n = 308 067)

1 251

0.29 (0.27–0.31)

<0.0001

860

0.10 (0.09–0.11)

<0.0001

2 111

0.16 (0.16–0. 17)

<0.0001

2013 (n = 626 125)

3 181

0.36 (0.34–0. 38)

<0.0001

1 279

0.07 (0.07–0. 08)

<0.0001

4 460

0.17 (0.16–0. 18)

<0.0001

  1. aThe GFATM stopped its Chinese operations between May and December, 2011, HPA’s Health Information System in the five special regions of Myanmar established and maintained by the GFATM grants, could run only for four months (January to April), n = 4 X 563409/12 = 187803 person-years. In 2012, HPA spent the first half of the year to recruit new staff and restore project activities, n = 6 × 572 678/12 = 286 339 person-years