Table 2. Descriptive statistics of the bairro-level variables used in the analysis.
Variable | Mean | SD | Range | ||
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Reported dengue cases by bairro-month (outcome) | |||||
Count (number of cases) |
2011 | 23.56 | 48.52 | (0–531) | |
2012 | 21.20 | 51.11 | (0–568) | ||
2013 | 6.03 | 10.29 | (0–108) | ||
2014 | 3.46 | 7.68 | (0–119) | ||
2015 | 14.62 | 38.17 | (0–548) | ||
Rate (cases per 100,000) |
2011 | 127.33 | 291.55 | (0–4,628.3) | |
2012 | 105.43 | 255.89 | (0–3,660.9) | ||
2013 | 28.76 | 48.81 | (0–666.9) | ||
2014 | 15.87 | 29.44 | (0–355.4) | ||
2015 | 71.33 | 184.12 | (0–3,197.3) | ||
Demographic (exposure) | |||||
Mean Household size (persons) | 3.42 | 0.19 | (2.9–4.0) | ||
Access to electricity (%) | 99.65 | 0.55 | (95–100) | ||
Access to piped water (%) | 93.02 | 6.32 | (55.8–99.5) | ||
Access to regular garbage collection (%) | 98.42 | 3.33 | (78.2–100) | ||
Access to sewage (%) | 57.99 | 33.47 | (0.5–99.9) | ||
Literacy (%) | Male | 93.61 | 3.39 | (86.4–99.1) | |
Female | 93.69 | 2.94 | (87.5–98.5) | ||
Household income (R$) | 2,532.13 | 1,970.8 | (803.4–10,504.7) | ||
Population density (persons/km2) | 10,929.1 | 5,817.8 | (148–34,007) | ||
Homicide rate (per 100,000) | 2011 | 48.33 | 48.25 | (0–369.0) | |
2012 | 67.06 | 60.37 | (0–340.2) | ||
2013 | 76.91 | 59.60 | (0–262.1) | ||
2014 | 76.93 | 78.11 | (0–585.6) | ||
2015 | 59.82 | 51.64 | (0–423.1) | ||
Subnormal Settlement (% of bairro) | 18.28 | 21.03 | (0–91.8) | ||
Climate (exposure) | |||||
Precipitation (sum in mm) |
2011 | 138.27 | 139.19 | (0–385.4) | |
2012 | 53.48 | 63.89 | (0–209.6) | ||
2013 | 48.67 | 53.86 | (0–171.6) | ||
2014 | 64.23 | 77.50 | (0–269.2) | ||
2015 | 70.65 | 82.12 | (0–248.3) | ||
Temperature (°C) | Daily average | 2011 | 26.19 | 0.53 | (25.4–27.1) |
2012 | 26.92 | 0.51 | (26.1–27.9) | ||
2013 | 27.38 | 0.61 | (26.3–28.3) | ||
2014 | 27.07 | 0.39 | (26.4–27.7) | ||
2015 | 27.07 | 0.60 | (26.1–28.2) | ||
SD of daily averages (by month) | 2011 | 0.86 | 0.34 | (0.51–1.57) | |
2012 | 0.70 | 0.24 | (0.48–1.35) | ||
2013 | 0.66 | 0.22 | (0.41–1.11) | ||
2014 | 0.64 | 0.19 | (0.35–0.96) | ||
2015 | 0.68 | 0.26 | (0.40–1.28) |