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Table 3 Posterior estimates of all-cause and malaria specific mortality for under-five age categories spatio-temporal models (models with ITN use)

From: Infant and child mortality in relation to malaria transmission in KEMRI/CDC HDSS, Western Kenya: validation of verbal autopsy

Covariate

All- cause mortality

Malaria specific mortality

Post-neonates

HR (95% CI)

Child (1–4 year

HR (95% CI)

Post-neonates

HR (95% CI)

Child (1–4 year

HR (95% CI)

Constant

0.05 (0.01, 0.80)

0.04 (0.01, 0.5)

0.02 (0.00, 0.03)

0.05 (0.01, 0.37)

Agea

0.95 (0.83, 0.99)

1.01 (0.96, 1.04)

0.75 (0.41, 0.99)

0.96 (0.89, 1.03)

Log10 EIR

4.89 (2.42, 6.93)

5.35 (3.42, 7.86)

3.45 (1.36, 5.44)

4.54 (2.42, 7.56)

ITN use

0.75 (0.52, 0.97)

0.96 (0.76, 1.16)

0.80 (0.57, 1.10)

0.98 (0.64, 1.25)

Random error

0.56 (0.17, 2.70)

0.37 (0.16, 1.13)

0.62 (0.18, 1.66)

0.52 (0.17, 1.29)

Spatial variation

0.86 (0.18, 1.33)

0.52 (0.17, 1.04)

0.62 (0.18, 1.66)

0.60 (0.18, 1.29)

Temporal variation

0.72 (0.21, 1.48)

0.48 (0.18, 1.97)

0.65 (0.19, 1.40)

0.52 (0.18, 1.61)

Spatial range (3/ρ)b

11.10 (2.22, 34.41)

17.76 (3.33, 39.96)

26.64 (9.99, 41.07)

27.75 (9.99, 41.07)

  1. aAge is in month except for neonate group which is in day
  2. bMinimum distance in kilometers at which spatial correlation is significant at 5%, CI credible intervals