Table 2

The association of malaria incidence rate per person-year with sex, age, and sex-age interaction using a Poisson regression model

Wald 95% Confidence Limits

Parameter

DF

Estimates

Lower

Upper

P-Value

Intercept

1

0.0050

0.0049

0.0051

<0.0001

Age

1

1.0657

1.0636

1.0677

<0.0001

Age-square

1

0.9989

0.9988

0.9989

<0.0001

Females

1

0.8648

0.8357

0.8949

<0.0001

Males

0

1.0000

1.0000

1.0000

.

Age*females

1

0.9811

0.9780

0.9841

<0.0001

Age*males

0

1.0000

1.0000

1.0000

.

Age-square*females

1

1.0001

1.0000

1.0002

0.0009

Age-square*males

0

1.0000

1.0000

1.0000

.

Scale

0

2.7183

2.7183

2.7183

Yeshiwondim et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2009 8:5   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-8-5