Table 1.

Correlation of flood occurrence and duration with the malaria incidence in children < 5 years in five partner countries of FOCAC in E.A, 1990–2019

		Incidence in children < 5 years	No of Occurrence	Correlation Coefficient Sig. (2-tailed)	Duration of Occurrence	Correlation Coefficient Sig. (2-tailed)
Ethiopia	Minimum	1779	0		0	ρ = 0.294*
	Maximum	14670.1	7	ρ = 0.264	123.0	P-value = 0.0317
	Mean	7522.6	1.53	P-value = 0.159	16.7
	Std Dev	4852.1	1.717		29.7
Kenya	Minimum	14996.2	0	ρ = -0.586**	0.0	ρ = -0.657**
	Maximum	62888.8	6	P-value = 0.001	110.0	P-value = < 0.0001
	Mean	39846.3	1.7		27.8
	Std Dev	19521.1	1.557		33.5
Somalia	Minimum	6090.6	0	ρ = − 0.421**	0	ρ = -0.302
	Maximum	49031.2	5	P-value = 0.021	147.0	P-value = 1.039
	Mean	32003.6	1.2		15.7
	Std Dev	15006.8	1.095		29.5
Sudan	Minimum	6746.6	0	ρ = -0.205	0.0	ρ = -0.420*
	Maximum	22667.7	4	P-value = 0.278	60.0	P-value = 0.021
	Mean	14949.2	1.13		18.9
	Std Dev	6821.9	1.042		20.8
Tanzania	Minimum	24594.8	0	ρ = -0.184	0.0	ρ = − 0.457**
	Maximum	93882.1	4	P-value = 0.331	99.0	P-value = 0.011
	Mean	59876.9	1.27		16.6
	Std Dev	29348.5	1.048		25.4

Note: *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)