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Table 5 Cholera incidence rate and population-based rate ratios by strata of districts classified according to urbanization level and order of neighborhood and/or adjacency to Kumasi Metropolis, 1997–2001.

From: Spatial and demographic patterns of Cholera in Ashanti region - Ghana

Urbanization (%)

Neighborhood

Cholera cases

Population

Rate(per10000)

Rate ratio(95% CI)

Low

Adjoining

84

146028

5.75

12.59 (8.57–18.55)

0.0–16.5

Non-adjoining

42

919558

0.46

Reference

Medium

Adjoining

330

361786

9.12

16.46 (10.96–24.88)

19.2–35.6

Non-adjoining

27

487117

0.55

Reference

High

Adjoining

148

164668

8.99

19.67 (12.22–31.95)

38.9–100

Non-adjoining

21

459524

0.46

Reference