Table 3 Age of the patients in the identified clusters
% of cases younger than 15 years old | Mean age (years) | Median age (years) | n | Pearson’s chi2/P-value (K-sample test on the equality of medians) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cases in persistent zones (clusters in at least 2 years) | 70.3 | 16.6 | 11 | 91 | 3.2333/0.072 |
Cases in non-persistent zones (clusters in at least 2 years) | 60.4 | 19.4 | 12 | 1545 | |
Cases clustered in the dry season | 60.3 | 17.1 | 12 | 141 | 0.8484/0.357 |
Cases not clustered in the dry season | 58.0 | 20.1 | 13 | 1121 | |
Cases clustered in the rainy season | 68.3 | 18.1 | 10 | 63 | 1.4416/0.230 |
Cases not clustered in the rainy season | 57.2 | 21.2 | 13 | 669 | |
Cases clustered in any of the three years | 64.3 | 17.4 | 11 | 325 | 3.6110/0.057 |
Cases not clustered in any of the three years | 60.1 | 19.8 | 12 | 1311 |