The malaria burden of Amerindian groups of three Venezuelan states: a descriptive study based on programmatic data

Table 2 Cumulative incidence of malaria among indigenous and non-indigenous groups in Amazonas, Bolivar and Sucre states, Venezuela, 2014–2018

Year	Cases-i	Est. Pop-i	API-i	Cases non-i	Est. Pop non-i	API non-i	RR
Amazonas
2014	7852	82,800	94.83	3512	90,344	38.87	*2.44
2015	7164	85,082	84.20	11,477	92,921	123.51	*0.68
2016	7942	87,427	90.84	17,009	95,481	178.14	*0.51
2017	21,187	89,837	235.84	45,113	98,015	460.27	*0.51
2018	21,530	92,313	233.23	26,283	100,522	261.47	*0.89
Bolivar
2014	7854	57,451	136.71	67,089	1,665,910	40.27	*3.39
2015	8387	58,404	143.60	98,466	1,693,846	58.13	*2.47
2016	15,676	59,372	264.03	161,943	1,721,527	94.07	*2.81
2017	9649	60,357	159.87	251,673	1,748,949	143.90	*1.11
2018	8565	61,357	139.59	242,801	1,776,128	136.70	*1.02
Sucre
2014	0	23,256	0.00	922	988,415	0.93	0
2015	0	23,615	0.00	3208	1,003,939	3.20	0
2016	112	23,978	4.67	20,821	1,019,515	20.42	*0.23
2017	140	24,348	5.75	61,747	1,035,140	59.65	*0.10
2018	39	24,723	1.58	67,992	1,050,722	64.70	*0.02

Spatial autocorrelation and clustering
Est. Pop Estimated population, API Annual parasite index, i Indigenous people, Non-i Non-Indigenous people (cases per 1000 people at risk), RR Risk ratio indigenous/non-indigenous
Z test for significance: *p < 0.05

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