Evaluation of malaria outbreak detection methods, Uganda, 2022

Malaria Journal

Table 2 Outbreak weeks detected per threshold approach and the difference in weeks detected for specific threshold approaches for selected districts in Uganda, 2022

Region	District	Total number of outbreak weeks detected per method					Statistical difference in weeks detected by the methods (p-value)
Region	District	C-SUM	75%	Mean + 2SD	C-SUM + 2SD	85%	C-SUM vs. 75th Perc	75% vs. Mean + 2 SD	75% vs. 85%	Mean + 2SD vs. C-SUM + 2SD
		High transmission regions
West Nile	Yumbe	42	31	2	2	21	0.02	< 0.001	0.04	1
West Nile	Nebbi	32	23	2	2	13	0.08	< 0.001	0.04	1
Acholi	Lamwo	46	33	6	6	26	0.003	< 0.001	0.02	1
		Medium transmission regions
Acholi	Nwoya	42	30	1	1	17	0.02	< 0.001	0.01	1
Karamoja	Moroto	48	37	10	11	29	0.01	< 0.001	0.1	1
South Central	Butambala	38	20	5	5	14	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.21	1
Tooro	Bundibugyo	45	39	26	25	35	0.14	0.01	0.39	0.84
		Low transmission regions
Kigezi	Kanungu	35	27	11	11	17	0.06	0.03	0.42	1
Lango	Alebtong	52	50	39	40	49	0.15	0.004	1	0.8
Bukedi	Kibuku	52	52	47	47	52	1	0.05	1	1
South Central	Mpigi	19	21	3	2	9	0.69	< 0.01	1	1
		Very low transmission regions
Tooro	Ntoroko	50	46	38	37	44	0.37	0.04	0.57	0.83
Kigezi	Rukiga	47	47	29	29	38	1	< 0.001	0.02	1
Kigezi	Kisoro	26	34	0	0	7	0.17	< 0.001	< 0.001	1
Kigezi	Rubanda	20	14	0	0	7	0.14	< 0.001	0.05	1
Bugisu	Bukwo	38	34	12	9	25	0.07	< 0.001	0.08	0.46

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