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Table 2 Characteristics for each UMSP outpatient health facility

From: Forecasting malaria in a highly endemic country using environmental and clinical predictors

Site

Series start (no. of weeks)a

Cumulative number of cases

Average age (years)

% Female

Average daytime temperature (°C)

Average nighttime temperature (°C)

Cumulative rainfall for 2012 (m)

Aduku

5 November 2007 (291)

14,963

10.7

59

29.1

17.6

1.29

Kamwezi

8 September 2008 (247)

18,882

15.8

56

27.7

15.8

1.01

Kasambya

10 March 2008 (273)

20,636

13.7

57

27.3

15.4

1.02

Kihihi

9 June 2008 (261)

21,278

20.0

63

27.3

16.5

1.05

Nagongera

16 June 2008 (259)

20,716

8.4

56

29.8

17.5

1.66

Walukuba

28 April 2008 (266)

29,664

15.0

59

28.6

16.9

1.22

  1. aTotal number of weeks or time points for the series (training and testing series).