Patterns of malaria-related hospital admissions and mortality among Malawian children: an example of spatial modelling of hospital register data

Table 1 Observed cases of malaria-related hospital admissions and deaths, and person-years at risk by age and sex in Zomba district, Malawi, 2002–2003

Variable		Hospitalized	Dead	Person-years at risk	HR^†	MMR	CFR^‡ (χ², P-value)
Age	< 1 year	1,189	101	40,188	29.6	2.5	8.5 (15.12, 0.002)
	1–4 years	2,136	133	124,370	17.2	1.1	6.2
	5–9 years	524	55	140,582	3.7	0.4	10.5
	10–14 years	120	13	111,086	1.1	0.1	10.8
Sex	Female	1,683	129	214,626	7.8	0.6	7.7 (0.13, 0.94)
	Male	2,286	173	201,600	11.3	0.9	7.6
Total		3,969	302	416,226	9.5	0.7	7.6

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