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Table 1 Trends in paediatric admissions during the period January1999 to March 2007 at three sites on the Kenyan coast.

From: The decline in paediatric malaria admissions on the coast of Kenya

 

1999

2006

Change (%)

Intercept (95% confidence interval)

Trend (95% confidence interval)

Malaria Admissions

     

Total across sites

4611

1796

-61

  

Kilifi

2395

660

-72

259.57 (155.64, 363.49)

-1.67† (-2.29, -1.05)

Kwale

1053

418

-60

80.12 (58.88, 101.35)

-0.43† (-0.65, -0.21)

Malindi

1163

718

-38

119.15 (84.00, 154.31)

-0.33† (-0.59, -0.08)

Non-Malaria Admissions

     

Total across sites

5215

7724

48

  

Kilifi

2791

4243

52

236.72 (194.95, 278.50)

1.37† (0.92,1.81)

Kwale

1022

1175

15

73.47 (50.16, 96.78)

-0.01‡ (-0.31, 0.29)

Malindi

1402

2306

64

79.45 (57.55, 101.35)

0.91† (0.60, 1.23)

Rainfall

     

Kilifi

1197.7

2099.7

75

81.98 (38.27, 125.58)

0.10‡ (-0.65, 0.85)

Kwale

1591.1

1910.2

20

48.96 (4.55, 93.37)

-0.04‡ (-0.89, 0.80)

Malindi

1020.7

1505.2

47

84.32 (52.82, 115.83)

0.02‡ (-0.40, 0.44)

  1. †p < 0.001. ‡ Not significant (p > 0.05).