Table 6 Cholera incidence rate and population-based rate ratios by strata of districts classified according to overcrowding level and order of neighborhood and/or adjacency to Kumasi Metropolis, 1997–2001.
From: Spatial and demographic patterns of Cholera in Ashanti region - Ghana
Overcrowding | Neighborhood | Cholera cases | Population | Rate(per 10,000) | Rate ratio(95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | Adjoining | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
(-4.5 < OI < -1.66) | Non-adjoining | 51 | 1048225 | 0.49 | * |
Medium | Adjoining | 286 | 237610 | 12.04 | 26.43 (17.16–41.05) |
(-0.73 < OI < -0.37) | Non-adjoining | 24 | 526946 | 0.46 | Reference |
High | Adjoining | 276 | 434872 | 6.35 | 12.31 (7.17–21.51) |
(-0.25 < OI < 3.20) | Non-adjoining | 15 | 291028 | 0.52 | Reference |