Table 2.

Parameter Estimates for the Geostatistical Model of Typhoid Fever Incidence in Blantyre, Malawi

Parameter	Parameter Estimate (SE)	P Value
Intercept	−5.02 (0.60)	<.001
Average household size	−0.95 (0.14)	<.001
Age 5–14 y	1.08 (0.04)	<.001
Age <5 y	0.75 (0.04)	<.001
log(sigma2), spatially correlated variance	0.45 (0.11)	…
log(phi), range of spatial correlation	318 (0.17)	…
log(tau2), non-spatial variance	0.21 (0.23)	…

Model includes the significant tested covariate of average household size and is stratified by age band.

Abbreviation: SE, standard error.