Volume 18, Number 5—May 2012
Research
A Spatial Analysis of Individual- and Neighborhood-Level Determinants of Malaria Incidence in Adults, Ontario, Canada
Table 2
Univariate analysis of malaria case-patients and controls, Ontario, Canada, 2008–2009
Variable | Case-patients | Controls | p value |
---|---|---|---|
Total, no. (%) | 94 (100) | 259 (100) | |
Individual level | |||
Sex, no. (%) | |||
M | 65 (69) | 130 (50) | <0.01* |
F | 23 (25) | 129 (50) | |
Not reported | 6 (6) | 0 | |
Age, mean (95% CI) | 42.5 (39.4–45.7) | 41.4 (39.3–43.5) | 0.57† |
Neighborhood-level, mean (95% CI) | |||
Population density, persons/km | 4,633 (3,926–5,340) | 6,498 (5,634–7,363) | 0.12‡ |
Median income (Canadian dollars) | 28,140 (26,232–30,047) | 30,802 (29,416–32,187) | 0.04† |
Residents who are immigrants from malaria-endemic areas, % | 18.1 (15.5–20.7) | 8.8 (7.6–10.0) | <0.01‡ |
*χ2 test.
†Student t test.
‡Mann-Whitney U test.
1Current affiliation: University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.