Table 2

Descriptive statistics of average annual malaria incidence and proximity of rivers to villages



Average annual incidence (per 1000 population) during 1989–1999
Distance to rivers from center of the village (meters)


District
No. of villages
Minimum
Maximum
Mean
S.E.
Minimum
Maximum
Mean
S.E.
γ (Spearman)
p-value

All villages
156
0
97.7
28.5
1.9
1.4
7392.8
1407.1
139.7
-0.23
0.004
Corozal
30
1.4
82.9
23.0
2.7
38.6
7392.8
3532.5
383.7
0.04
0.85
Orange Walk
22
1.7
87.9
21.3
4.5
42.8
3865.8
1320.8
265.0
0.09
0.68
Belize
25
0.3
66.0
14.6
3.9
1.4
3408.4
965.8
208.7
-0.36
0.08
Cayo
34
0.0
77.4
34.0
3.8
6.9
2500.3
469.0
95.5
-0.07
0.71
Stann Creek
16
4.0
93.4
28.1
7.1
16.0
5368.6
1120.4
418.4
-0.82
9.8E-5
Toledo
29
3.6
97.7
45.3
5.0
5.6
5901.2
912.1
258.5
0.08
0.68

Hakre et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2004 3:6   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-3-6