Volume 10, Number 7—July 2004
Research
Alert Threshold Algorithms and Malaria Epidemic Detection
Table 1
Characteristics of the study areas
| District | Follow-up (y) | Daily microscopically confirmed cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum | ||
| Alaba | 11.3 | 39.0 | 27.3 | 0 | 163.0 |
| Awasa | 7.7 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 0 | 77.4 |
| Bahirdar | 7.3 | 22.1 | 15.2 | 0 | 83.3 |
| Debrezeit | 11.2 | 25.3 | 25.8 | 0.9 | 146.7 |
| Diredawa | 9.8 | 25.3 | 29.5 | 0.4 | 329.9 |
| Hosana | 11.3 | 19.4 | 17.4 | 0.1 | 95.7 |
| Jimma | 10.3 | 13.2 | 14.0 | 0.3 | 85.3 |
| Nazareth | 9.3 | 17.7 | 16.0 | 0 | 109.3 |
| Wolayita | 9.3 | 13.9 | 12.1 | 0 | 113.1 |
| Zeway | 8.3 | 22.0 | 17.5 | 1.1 | 102.0 |
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