Exploring the spatiotemporal drivers of malaria elimination in Europe

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Results of Wilcoxon tests comparing available candidate driver variables in 1900 and at the per-country period of malaria decline, as well as for per-country malaria decline and elimination

Variable	1900 vs malaria decline		Malaria decline vs elimination
Variable	z	p value	z	p value
Temperature	−4.2916	<0.0001	3.8508	<0.0001
Frost day frequency	4.2916	<0.0001	−2.2144	<0.05
Precipitation	1.7049	0.09	−3.253	<0.001
GDP	−4.4092	<0.0001	−4.8599	<0.0001
Life expectancy	−4.8599	<0.0001	−4.8599	<0.0001
Percentage urban population	−4.8599	<0.0001	−4.8599	<0.0001
Percentage urban area	−2.9102	<0.01	−4.8599	<0.0001
Percentage cropland	−4.1153	<0.0001	−4.5268	<0.0001
Percentage grassland	−3.0963	<0.01	−2.7043	<0.01

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