Table 4

Parameter estimates by Poisson regression analysis

Parameter

Coefficient

Standard error

95% Wald CI

P value


(Intercept)

6.816

0.0386

6.740 - 6.891

< 0.001

Year 2009

-3.907

0.2034

-4.306 - -3.508

< 0.001

Year 2008

-4.405

0.2598

-4.914 - -3.895

< 0.001

Year 2007

-3.085

0.1365

-3.353 - -2.818

< 0.001

Year 2006

-2.721

0.1149

-2.946 - -2.496

< 0.001

Year 2005

-0.948

0.0540

-1.054 - -0.842

< 0.001

Year 2004

-0.483

0.0462

-0.574 - -0.393

< 0.001

Year 2003

0 a

Pregnancy

-2.530

0.1196

-2.765 - -2.296

< 0.001

≧ 5 years old

0.532

0.0409

0.452 - 0.612

< 0.001

<5 years old

0 a

(Scale)

2.068 b


Dependent Variable: malaria counts

Model: (intercept), Year, AgeClass

aSet to zero because this parameter is redundant.

b Computed based on the Pearson chi-square.

Lee et al. Malaria Journal 2010 9:26   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-26

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