Table 4 Results of Mann–Whitney tests comparing available candidate elimination driver variables in Europe at the time of malaria decline and elimination versus those for current malaria eliminating countries in the present day
From: Exploring the spatiotemporal drivers of malaria elimination in Europe
Variable | Europe at the time of malaria decline vs eliminating countries in the present day | Europe at the time of malaria elimination vs eliminating countries in the present day | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
z | p value | z | p value | |
Temperature | −5.4769 | <0.0001 | −5.6214 | <0.0001 |
Frost day frequency | 5.1485 | <0.0001 | 5.2273 | <0.0001 |
Precipitation | −2.5086 | <0.05 | −2.0095 | <0.05 |
GDP | −3.6775 | <0.001 | −0.52536 | 0.6062 |
Life expectancy | −5.9633 | <0.0001 | −3.7304 | <0.001 |
Percentage urban population | −2.4167 | <0.05 | 0.27581 | 0.7892 |
Percentage urban area | −1.3659 | 0.1752 | 0.6567 | 0.5181 |
Percentage cropland | 4.3999 | <0.0001 | 4.7677 | <0.0001 |
Percentage grassland | −0.26268 | 0.7992 | −0.15761 | 0.8808 |