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Table 1 Bairro-level descriptive statistics and global Moran’s I for primary Tuberculosis cases in Fortaleza between 2007 and 2014

From: Determinants of tuberculosis transmission and treatment abandonment in Fortaleza, Brazil

     

Global Moran

Variable

Unit

Median

IQR

SD

I

p-value

Proportion living in informal settlement

 

0.07

[0.00–0.17]

0.21

0.18

<0.001

Mean persons per sleeping room

 

3.45

[3.36–3.56]

0.19

0.52

<0.001

Mean monthly household income

Brazilian Reais (R$)

1821

[1352–2800]

1989

0.50

<0.001

Literacy

% of persons

94.28

[91.63–95.88]

3.11

0.39

<0.001

Electricity coverage

% of households

99.77

[99.64–99.87]

0.56

0.02

0.564

Water supply coverage

% of households

95.14

[91.05–97.00]

6.31

0.41

<0.001

Garbage collection coverage

% of households

99.64

[98.50–99.95]

3.35

0.13

0.005

Sewerage coverage

% of households

64.68

[24.92–89.09]

33.55

0.73

<0.001

Number of health posts (total of 92)

 

1.00

[0.00–1.00]

0.83

−0.01

0.998

Number of hospitals (total of 4)

 

0.00

[0.00–0.00]

0.89

0.13

0.004

Mean population 2007–14

 

137,084

[82,692–236,196]

117,282

0.18

<0.001

Population density 2007–14

per km2

11,309

[6178–15,031]

6161

0.55

<0.001

Homicide rate 2007–14

per 100,000 person-years

43.87

[21.09–72.36]

43.8

0.09

0.068

AIDS rate 2007–14

per 100,000 person-years

15.79

[6.25–37.64]

37.4

−0.01

0.964

Proportion of population white

 

0.37

[0.33–0.44]

0.10

0.35

<0.001

Proportion of population black

 

0.04

[0.03–0.06]

0.02

0.09

0.053

Proportion of population yellow

 

0.01

[0.01–0.02]

0.01

0.00

0.864

Proportion of population brown

 

0.57

[0.51–0.61]

0.15

0.25

<0.001

Proportion of population indigenous

 

<0.001

[0.00–0.00]

0.00

−0.01

0.992

TB case count 2007–14

 

80.00

[41.00–141.00]

88.0

0.30

<0.001

TB case rate 2007–14

per 100,000 person-years

8.21

[6.14–10.32]

4.33

0.26

<0.001

Abandonment count 2007–14

 

10.00

[4.00–22.00]

15.76

0.29

<0.001

Abandonment rate 2007–14

per 100,000 person-years

1.07

[0.70–1.62]

0.90

0.32

<0.001

  1. IQR inter-quartile range, SD standard deviation, I Global Moran’s I statistic