Volume 8, Number 6—June 2002
Research
Defining and Detecting Malaria Epidemics in the Highlands of Western Kenya
Simon I. Hay*†
, Milka Simba†, Millie Busolo‡, Abdisalan M. Noor†, Helen L. Guyatt*†, Sam A. Ochola‡, and Robert W. Snow*†‡
, Milka Simba†, Millie Busolo‡, Abdisalan M. Noor†, Helen L. Guyatt*†, Sam A. Ochola‡, and Robert W. Snow*†‡
Table 1
Descriptive and skewness statistics for child admissions at three study hospitals, western Kenya
| Kilgoris (1980–1999) | Kisii (1987–2000) | Tabaka (1981–2000) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transformation | Normal | Log10 | Normal | Log10 | Normal | Log10 |
| Mean | 128.30 | 1.86 | 503.85 | 2.61 | 232.80 | 2.29 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | 0.48 | 95.00 | 1.98 | 35.00 | 1.54 |
| Maximum | 1,043.00 | 3.02 | 2,229.00 | 3.35 | 1,110.00 | 3.05 |
| Sum | 30,793.00 | 446.00 | 84,647.00 | 438.00 | 55,871.00 | 549.00 |
| Count | 240.00 | 240.00 | 168.00 | 168.00 | 240.00 | 240.00 |
| Standard deviation | 157.46 | 0.48 | 375.87 | 0.28 | 147.80 | 0.26 |
| Standard error | 10.16 | 0.03 | 29.00 | 0.02 | 9.54 | 0.02 |
| Skewness | 2.88 | -0.13 | 1.96 | 0.34 | 1.78 | -0.08 |
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