Table 1 |
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Temporal trends in TB cases by sub-regions in Africa, 1991 to 2006 |
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Incidence rate ratio*(95% CI) |
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1991-1994 |
1995-1998 |
1999-20002 |
2003-2006p-trend |
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All Africa |
1 (reference) |
1.78(1.68 to 1.87) |
2.35(2.24 to 2.47) |
2.24(2.13 to 2.36).000 |
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Sub-regions |
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Eastern Africa |
1 (reference) |
1.51(1.42 to 1.61) |
1.59(1.49 to 1.69) |
1.37(1.28 to 1.47).000 |
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Western Africa |
1 (reference) |
1.90(1.59 to 2.26) |
2.71(1.30 to 3.20) |
2.94(2.50 to 3.46).000 |
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Southern Africa |
1 (reference) |
3.17(2.76 to 3.63) |
6.38(5.61 to 7.25) |
6.46(5.69 to 7.35).000 |
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Middle Africa |
1 (reference) |
1.86(1.53 to 2.50) |
2.51(2.09 to 3.02) |
2.69(2.24 to 3.22).000 |
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Northern Africa |
1 (reference) |
1.18(0.62 to 2.25) |
1.18(0.62 to 2.25) |
1.18(0.62 to 2.25).950 |
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*estimates are from Multilevel Poisson growth curve models |
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Uthman et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2009 8:65 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-8-65 |
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