Table 1 Bivariate analysis of the relationship between annual malaria incidence and climatic covariates fitted using negative binomial regression.

Mean temperature (°C)

0.295

0.024

0.248, 0.341

< 0.001

Maximum temperature (°C)

0.149

0.021

0.107, 0.189

< 0.001

Minimum temperature (°C)

0.439

0.024

0.391, 0.487

< 0.001

Vapour pressure (hPa)

0.046

0.003

0.040, 0.051

< 0.001

NDVI

0.654

0.127

0.405, 0.903

< 0.001

Rainfall (mm)

0.021

0.002

0.016, 0.026

< 0.001