Table 5.
Multivariable Regression Analysis of the Incidence of Radiologically Confirmed Pneumonia per Child-Year, by Ethnicity and District, the Gambia, 2001–2004
Variable | First Events | All Events | ||||
Estimate | Robust SE | 95% CI | Estimate | Robust SE | 95% CI | |
Ethnicity (referent: Mandinka) | ||||||
Fulla | −0.0085 | 0.0030 | −0.0145, −0.0026 | −0.0097 | 0.0033 | −0.0161, −0.0032 |
Serahule | −0.0072 | 0.0031 | −0.0132, −0.0011 | −0.0083 | 0.0034 | −0.0149, −0.0017 |
Wolof | −0.0078 | 0.0045 | −0.0167, 0.0011 | −0.0089 | 0.0049 | −0.0186, 0.0007 |
Others | −0.0207 | 0.0075 | −0.0353, −0.0061 | −0.0205 | 0.0089 | −0.0378, −0.0031 |
Vaccine | −0.0151 | 0.0023 | −0.0196, −0.0105 | −0.0163 | 0.0025 | −0.0212, −0.0113 |
District (referent: others) | ||||||
Bansang | 0.0477 | 0.0066 | 0.0348, 0.0606 | 0.0518 | 0.0071 | 0.0379, 0.0656 |
Basse | 0.0105 | 0.0027 | 0.0052, 0.0158 | 0.0116 | 0.0029 | 0.0059, 0.0174 |
Age, years | −0.0398 | 0.0072 | −0.0540, −0.0257 | −0.0442 | 0.0076 | −0.0590, −0.0294 |
Male gender | 0.0037 | 0.0023 | −0.0009, 0.0082 | 0.0036 | 0.0025 | −0.0013, 0.0085 |
Intercept | 0.0484 | 0.0036 | 0.0413, 0.0556 | 0.0525 | 0.0039 | 0.0449, 0.0602 |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; SE, standard error.