Table 4.
Mortality rate according to -treated nets possession, socio-economic status and EIR levels in the Rufiji DSS: children 1–4 years and total population
| |
Children 1-4 |
All |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n | Deaths | MR (95% CI) | n | Deaths | MR (95% CI) |
| EIR (infectious bites/person/year) |
|
|
|
|
||
| 0 |
14,486 |
159 |
7.8 (6.6, 9.1) |
17,455 |
392 |
15.1 (13.6, 16.6)* |
| >0.0-1 |
7,525 |
26 |
2.6 (1.7, 3.8) |
9,225 |
61 |
4.6 (3.5, 5.9) |
| >1-10 |
8,883 |
27 |
2.4 (1.6, 3.5) |
10,768 |
91 |
6.2 (5, 7.6) |
| >10-100 |
3,243 |
14 |
4.1 (2.3, 6.9) |
4,024 |
35 |
8.0 (5.6, 11.1) |
| >100 |
327 |
0 |
0.0 (0, 13.8) |
417 |
4 |
11.5 (3.1, 29.3) |
| ITN possession |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
12,195 |
183 |
10.6 (9.1, 12.2) |
14,704 |
488 |
22.1 (20.2, 24.1) |
| Yes |
3,169 |
43 |
9.4 (6.8, 12.7) |
3,775 |
95 |
16.5 (13.3, 20.1)* |
| Socio-economic status | ||||||
| Poorest |
2,783 |
49 |
12.5 (9.3, 16.5) |
3,345 |
114 |
22.8 (18.8, 27.3) |
| Very poor |
3,237 |
57 |
12.2 (9.3, 15.8) |
3,875 |
141 |
23.8 (20.1, 28) |
| Poor |
3,496 |
45 |
9.0 (6.5, 12.0) |
4,207 |
134 |
20.9 (17.5, 24.7) |
| Less poor |
3,299 |
48 |
10.3 (7.6, 13.6) |
3,971 |
112 |
18.9 (15.6, 22.7) |
| Least poor | 2,549 | 27 | 7.5 (4.9, 10.8)* | 3,081 | 82 | 17.9 (14.3, 22.2) |
*Significantly associated with mortality (bivariate analysis); MR = Mortality rate; n = person years.