PREVALENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF MALARIA BY SEX, AGE GROUPS AND SPECIES IN YEAR 2019 IN SUSPECTED MALARIAL POPULATION OF DISTRICT D.I.KHAN, PAKISTAN

Background: Malaria is communicable disease that exists worldwide and a cause of morbidity mortality. Our objectives were to determine the prevalence distribution malaria by sex, age groups species in year 2019 suspected malarial population District D.I.Khan, Pakistan.Materials Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted Department Community Medicine, Gomal Medical College, Pakistan from October 1, 2020 31, 2020. The data for retrieved office Frontier Primary Healthcare, D.I.Khan 2019. A sample 108,849 calculated at risk 1,306,655, with 0.258154 margin error, 99% CI 13.843% assumed malaria. Sex, groups, presence our four nominal variables. Prevalence described count percentage 95% confidence intervals. Four hypotheses verified chi-square goodness fit test.Results: Out cases, 9,568 (8.79%, 95%CI, 8.62-8.95%) positive. positive 5,406 (4.97%) men 4,162 (3.82%) women, 1,062 (0.98%) group up 5 years 8,506 (7.81%) 9,121 (8.38%) Plasmodium vivax, 437 (0.40%) falciparum 10 (0.009%) mixed infections. 8.79% lower expected (p=.00001). across sex (p=.00001), (p=.03231) (p=.00001) not similar expected.Conclusion: 8.79%. than population. higher men, older (5 years) vivax. vice versa women. years. vivax cases.