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. 2017 Nov 13;7:15408. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-15706-w

Table 1.

Epidemiological, Socio-Economic and Climatic characteristics of mildly affected and severely affected cantons.

Characteristic Mildly affected (Group 1) n = 17 Severely affected (Group 2) n = 26 p-value+
Epidemiological
PrEQ cumulative ZIKV incidence rate, per 100,000 pop 2.01 1.56 0.616++
PoEQ cumulative ZIKV incidence rate, per 100,000 pop 4.42 52.50 0.003++*
Socio-economic
School years, mean 9.16 7.88 0.006*
Literacy rate, % 93.3 88.9 0.004*
Poverty rate, % 65.4 81.8 0.002*
Persons per household 3.75 3.99 0.002*
Climatic
PrEQ Max Temp (°C), mean 27.6 29.8 0.262
PoEQ Max Temp (°C), mean 26.3 30.2 0.057**
PrEQ Rainfall (mm), mean 247.4 333.7 0.158
PoEQ Rainfall (mm), mean 61.7 64.9 0.880
PrEQ Rain Days, mean 26.3 28.7 0.050**
PoEQ Rain Days, mean 19.7 19.6 0.985
PrEQ Average Wind (mph), mean 4.19 3.58 0.221
PoEQ Average Wind (mph), mean 5.56 4.98 0.464
PrEQ Pressure (mb), mean 1012.25 1011.56 0.032*
PoEQ Pressure (mb), mean 1014.15 1012.76 <0.001*
PrEQ Humidity (%), mean 82.06 85.45 0.005*
PoEQ Humidity (%), mean 78.77 78.07 0.706
PrEQ Cloud Coverage (%), mean 46.27 67.87 <0.001*
PoEQ Cloud Coverage (%), mean 35.13 57.82 <0.001*
PrEQ UV Index, mean 5.50 5.81 0.499
PoEQ UV Index, mean 5.26 5.92 0.153
PrEQ Sun Hours, mean 96.98 54.15 <0.001*
PoEQ Sun Hours, mean 110.01 72.45 <0.001*
PrEQ Sun Days, mean 2.99 1.38 0.111
PoEQ Sun Days, mean 8.82 8.84 0.996

PrEQ = Pre-earthquake; PoEQ = Post-earthquake; ++All p-values correspond to T-test, except where otherwise indicated; +Mann-Whitney test; *p < 0.05; **p = 0.05–0.10.