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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of average annual malaria incidence and proximity of rivers to villages

From: Spatial correlations of mapped malaria rates with environmental factors in Belize, Central America

  

Average annual incidence (per 1000 population) during 1989–1999

Distance to rivers from center of the village (meters)

  

District

No. of villages

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

S.E.

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

S.E.

γ (Spearman)

p-value

All villages

156

0

97.7

28.5

1.9

1.4

7392.8

1407.1

139.7

-0.23

0.004

Corozal

30

1.4

82.9

23.0

2.7

38.6

7392.8

3532.5

383.7

0.04

0.85

Orange Walk

22

1.7

87.9

21.3

4.5

42.8

3865.8

1320.8

265.0

0.09

0.68

Belize

25

0.3

66.0

14.6

3.9

1.4

3408.4

965.8

208.7

-0.36

0.08

Cayo

34

0.0

77.4

34.0

3.8

6.9

2500.3

469.0

95.5

-0.07

0.71

Stann Creek

16

4.0

93.4

28.1

7.1

16.0

5368.6

1120.4

418.4

-0.82

9.8E-5

Toledo

29

3.6

97.7

45.3

5.0

5.6

5901.2

912.1

258.5

0.08

0.68