Table 2

Trend of monthly malaria admissions during period the period January 1999 to March 2007 at three sites on the Kenyan coast.

Parameters
coefficient
NW SE*
t-stat
P-value
95% confidence interval

Kilifi






Intercept
145.887
71.50
2.04
0.044
3.69
288.08
Trend
-2.320
0.40
-5.80
0.000
-3.12
-1.52
Non-mal cases
0.478
0.19
2.47
0.016
0.09
0.86
Rainfall
0.094
0.05
1.92
0.058
0.00
0.19







Kwale






Intercept
52.933
12.62
4.20
0.000
27.84
78.02
Trend
-0.425
0.10
-4.19
0.000
-0.63
-0.22
Non-mal cases
0.377
0.08
4.64
0.000
0.22
0.54
Rainfall
-0.018
0.02
-0.78
0.435
-0.06
0.03







Malindi






Intercept
95.395
19.54
4.88
0.000
56.53
134.26
Trend
-0.574
0.15
-3.78
0.000
-0.88
-0.27
Non-mal cases
0.262
0.14
1.84
0.069
-0.02
0.55
Rainfall
0.007
0.07
0.11
0.910
-0.12
0.14

*NWSE: Newey-West standard errors.

Okiro et al. Malaria Journal 2007 6:151   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-6-151