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. 2006 Oct 18;5:46. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-5-46

Table 1.

Population, cases, expected cases (λ^ MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacH8akY=wiFfYdH8Gipec8Eeeu0xXdbba9frFj0=OqFfea0dXdd9vqai=hGuQ8kuc9pgc9s8qqaq=dirpe0xb9q8qiLsFr0=vr0=vr0dc8meaabaqaciaacaGaaeqabaqabeGadaaakeaaiiGacuWF7oaBgaqcaaaa@2E77@i:0), R3 value (ci+ - z(α/2)ci+(ni+ci+)/ni+ MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacH8akY=wiFfYdH8Gipec8Eeeu0xXdbba9frFj0=OqFfea0dXdd9vqai=hGuQ8kuc9pgc9s8qqaq=dirpe0xb9q8qiLsFr0=vr0=vr0dc8meaabaqaciaacaGaaeqabaqabeGadaaakeaadaGcaaqaaiabdogaJnaaBaaaleaacqWGPbqAcqGHRaWkaeqaaOGaeiikaGIaemOBa42aaSbaaSqaaiabdMgaPjabgUcaRaqabaGccqGHsislcqWGJbWydaWgaaWcbaGaemyAaKMaey4kaScabeaakiabcMcaPiabc+caViabd6gaUnaaBaaaleaacqWGPbqAcqGHRaWkaeqaaaqabaaaaa@3F6B@, and approximate 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for each RHA.

i ci+ ni+ λ^ MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacH8akY=wiFfYdH8Gipec8Eeeu0xXdbba9frFj0=OqFfea0dXdd9vqai=hGuQ8kuc9pgc9s8qqaq=dirpe0xb9q8qiLsFr0=vr0=vr0dc8meaabaqaciaacaGaaeqabaqabeGadaaakeaaiiGacuWF7oaBgaqcaaaa@2E77@i:0 R3 value 95% CI
1 53 42,645 44.922 38.740 (0.0009,0.0016)
2 31 24,583 25.896 20.094 (0.0008,0.0017)
3 12 19,381 20.416 5.212 (0.0003,0.0010)
4 221 232,460 244.873 191.876 (0.0008,0.0011)
5 14 15,606 16.440 6.670 (0.0004,0.0014)
6 82 54,819 57.746 64.265 (0.0012,0.0018)*
7 24 28,694 30.226 14.402 (0.0005,0.0012)
8 25 26,740 28.168 15.205 (0.0006,0.0013)
9 22 11,436 12.047 12.816 (0.0011,0.0027)*
10 227 206,226 217.238 197.486 (0.0010,0.0012)
11 17 24,806 26.131 8.921 (0.0004,0.0010)
12 34 33,357 35.138 22.577 (0.0007,0.0014)
13 19 27,385 28.847 10.460 (0.0004,0.0010)
14 9 6,195 6.526 3.124 (0.0005,0.0024)
15 17 9,501 10.008 8.926 (0.0009,0.0026)
16 17 12,599 13.272 8.924 (0.0007,0.0020)
17 3 8,646 9.108 -0.394 (0.0000,0.0007)

Total 827 785,079

The overall provincial rate is 105.3 cases per 100,000 population. An asterisk (*) denotes RHAs with rates higher than the provincial rates at the 5% level, unadjusted for multiple testing.