Table 2
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Fixed and random effects estimates‡ of paediatric malaria-related admissions and deaths in Zomba district, Malawi, 2002–2003 |
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| Variable |
Hospitalization |
Mortality |
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| IRR |
95% CI |
IRR† |
95% CI |
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| Sex |
Male |
1.02 |
(0.91, 1.14) |
1.05 |
(0.86, 1.29) |
| Female |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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| Age |
< 1 year |
3.34 |
(2.80, 3.95) |
3.74 |
(2.52, 5.39) |
| 1–4 years |
1.10 |
(0.93, 1.30) |
1.29 |
(0.92, 1.87) |
|
| 5–9 years |
0.65 |
(0.54, 0.78) |
0.73 |
(0.47, 1.10) |
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| 10–14 years |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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| Heterogeneity term |
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| Unstructured effect |
 |
0.17 |
(0.001, 0.81) |
1.54 |
(0.002, 9.09) |
| Structured effect |
 |
7.17 |
(2.65, 14.11) |
21.77 |
(0.66, 92.41) |
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‡ Based on spatial Poisson model: Equation 1 † IRR-Incidence rate ratios, Cl-Confidence interval | |||||
Kazembe et al. Malaria Journal 2006 5:93 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-93 |
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