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Table 2.

Study parameters summarized for both areas combined (U/R), urban (U) and rural (R) in the health district of Mbour, Senegal and seasonal calendars extracted for the study period 2011–2014.

Climatic Variables * (Mean ± SD)		Cold Dry Season	Hot Dry Season	Rainy Season	Overall
Climatic Variables * (Mean ± SD)		(December–March)	(April–June and November)	(July–October)	Overall
Monthly mean temperature
LST_Day (°C)	U/R	32.49 ± 3.89	29.78 ± 4.98	34.57 ± 5.71	32.64 ± 5.64
	Urban	32.45 ± 3.72	28.98 ± 4.26	33.89 ± 5.15	31.82 ± 4.87
	Rural	33.65 ± 5.18	31.11 ± 5.76	36.99 ± 7.07	33.97 ± 6.50
LST_Night (°C)	U/R	19.44 ± 2.79	20.62 ± 2.21	18.66 ± 0.98	19.59 ± 2.51
	Urban	19.84 ± 2.88	20.58 ± 1.89	18.64 ± 0.79	19.68 ± 2.19
	Rural	18.65 ± 3.38	20.70 ± 2.64	19.01 ± 2.28	19.45 ± 2.94
Average LST	U/R	26.15 ± 2.66	25.20 ± 2.52	26.93 ± 3.27	26.11 ± 2.92
	Urban	26.15 ± 2.43	24.77 ± 1.95	26.27 ± 2.60	25.74 ± 2.43
	Rural	26.16 ± 3.00	25.91 ± 3.13	28.00 ± 3.91	26.70 ± 3.49
Difference mean LST_Day and LST_Night	U/R	13.54 ± 5.45	9.17 ± 5.86	16.29 ± 6.11	13.06 ± 6.50
	Urban	12.62 ± 4.56	8.42 ± 5.33	15.26 ± 5.21	12.15 ± 5.76
	Rural	15.00 ± 6.37	10.39 ± 6.48	17.98 ± 7.03	14.54 ± 7.30
Cumulative rainfall (mm)	U/R	1.00 ± 7.89	2.75 ± 6.62	37.30 ± 34.57	14.80 ± 28.51
	Urban	0.60 ± 4.35	1.78 ± 3.91	41.75 ± 36.81	14.71 ± 28.78
	Rural	1.52 ± 8.52	2.99 ± 8.11	40.42 ± 35.42	14.98 ± 28.05
Diarrhoea proportion (%)
Proportion of diarrhoeal cases in outpatient children	U/R	30.67	15.11	18.49	21.10
	Urban	30.50	14.98	19.19	21.41
	Rural	31.46	15.72	15.40	19.95

* Monthly mean LST_Day, LST_Night, LST, difference LST and cumulative rainfall per health facility are presented; Urban = health facilities located in urban area; Rural = health facilities located in rural area; U/R = both areas combined; SD = standard deviation.