Spatial analysis and mapping of malaria risk in Malawi using point-referenced prevalence of infection data

Table 1 Observed mean, minimum and maximum prevalence ratios by districts

District^†	Mean prevalence	Minimum prevalence	Maximum prevalence	Data points
Blantyre	0.44	0.08	0.91	31
Chikwawa	0.59	0.41	0.92	4
Chiradzulu	0.13	0.05	0.25	2
Chitipa	0.26	0.09	0.37	1
Dedza	0.50	0.20	0.68	1
Dowa	0.87	0.11	0.93	1
Karonga	0.35	0.24	0.46	2
Kasungu	0.53	0.20	0.84	1
Lilongwe	0.59	0.43	0.75	2
Machinga	0.36	0.24	0.59	3
Mangochi	0.52	0.16	0.70	1
Mchinji	0.50	0.04	0.60	1
Mulanje	0.48	0.25	0.55	2
Mwanza	0.25	0.08	0.43	3
Mzimba	0.24	0.18	0.30	2
Nkhatabay	0.46	0.22	0.74	1
Nkhotakota	0.44	0.19	0.63	2
Ntcheu	0.43	0.07	0.71	1
Rumphi	0.48	0.41	0.51	2
Salima	0.87	0.78	0.93	3
Thyolo	0.63	0.39	0.67	2
Zomba	0.25	0.05	0.57	5

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