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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of HCV cases by address availability and geocoding match status

From: Identifying and characterizing hepatitis C virus hotspots in Massachusetts: a spatial epidemiological approach

 

Address

Geocoding

Missing

Present

p-value

Unmatched

Matched

p-value

Count

14,980 (15.01%)

84,800 (84.99%)

 

2589 (3.05%)

82,211 (96.95%)

 

Mean Age

43.5

42.1

<0.001

42.3028

42.09298

0.462

Gender %

  

<0.001

  

0.004

 Male

56.69

61.26

 

64.39

61.16

 

 Female

29.93

37.29

 

34.26

37.38

 

 Other/Unknown

13.38

1.46

 

1.35

1.46

 

Exposure %

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

 PWID

8.72

24.88

 

27.54

24.79

 

 Non-PWID

1.59

5.62

 

4.56

5.65

 

 Unknown

89.69

69.51

 

67.9

69.56

 

Year %

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

 2002

13.62

8.17

 

9.08

8.14

 

 2003

7.92

7.83

 

8.88

7.8

 

 2004

7.32

9.32

 

16.92

9.08

 

 2005

6.04

7.56

 

14.99

7.33

 

 2006

7.52

7.95

 

7.69

7.96

 

 2007

9.95

9.04

 

7.26

9.09

 

 2008

9.13

8.71

 

7.38

8.75

 

 2009

9.81

7.99

 

5.45

8.07

 

 2010

8.5

7.73

 

4.98

7.82

 

 2011

8.22

8.48

 

6.26

8.55

 

 2012

6.96

8.84

 

5.79

8.93

 

 2013

5.01

8.38

 

5.33

8.47

 
  1. All p-values are the result of chi-squared tests with the exception of Mean age which is a result of a two sample t-test