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Table 1 Rate ratios and attack rates per 1,000 people by suburb in Harare, 2008-2009 (n= 19,422 cholera cases)

From: Elevation and cholera: an epidemiological spatial analysis of the cholera epidemic in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2008-2009

Suburbs

Average

Elevation

in meters

Distance to

Chitungwiza

in meters

Quintiles of the

distance to Chitungwiza

(Q1-Q5)

Cases

Population

Attack rates

per 1,000 people

(95% CI)

Rate ratios

(95% CI)

Hopley

1471

9095

1

541

5994

90.3 (82.8-98.2)

7.00 (6.43-7.63)

Waterfalls

1457

12523

1

548

7347

74.6 (68.4-81.1)

5.79 (5.32-6.30)

Mbare

1452

16562

2

2138

92219

23.2 (22.2-24.2)

1.80 (1.72-1.88)

Budiriro

1415

20484

3

2536

109545

23.2 (22.2-24.1)

1.80 (1.72-1.87)

Glen View-Glen Norah

1420

14731

1

4583

234353

19.6 (19.0-20.1)

1.52 (1.47-1.57)

Highfield

1433

15069

1

824

48713

16.9 (15.8-18.1)

1.31 (1.22-1.41)

Hatfield

1504

15857

1

355

28959

12.3 (11.0-13.6)

0.95 (0.86-1.06)

Chitungwiza

1425

0

0

3710

321782

11.5 (11.1-12.0)

0.89 (0.86-0.93)

Mufakose

1419

23106

3

568

52921

10.7 (9.8-11.6)

0.83 (0.77-0.91)

Dzivarasekwa

1440

28724

5

435

43302

10.0 (9.1-11.0)

0.78 (0.71-0.86)

Tafara

1568

24962

4

712

72737

9.8 (9.0-10.5)

0.76 (0.70-0.82)

City Centre

1489

21155

3

123

12609

9.8 (8.1-11.6)

0.76 (0.63-0.90)

Kuwadzana

1434

26513

4

759

109137

7.0 (6.4-7.4)

0.54 (0.50-0.58)

Epworth

1516

18323

2

824

130267

6.3 (5.9-6.7)

0.49 (0.46-0.53)

Kambuzuma

1439

20673

3

183

29796

6.1 (5.2-7.1)

0.48 (0.41-0.55)

Mt. Pleasant

1495

30789

5

32

5368

6.0 (4.1-8.4)

0.47 (0.33-0.65)

Malbourg

1473

32445

5

47

9600

4.9 (3.5-6.5)

0.38 (0.29-0.51)

Rugare

1445

18944

2

61

12718

4.8 (3.7-6.1)

0.37 (0.29-0.48)

Milton Park

1471

23612

4

21

4405

4.8 (2.9-7.3)

0.37 (0.24-0.57)

Avondale

1491

26243

4

47

10613

4.4 (3.2-5.8)

0.34 (0.26-0.46)

Borrowdale

1498

32400

5

63

14746

4.3 (3.2-5.4)

0.33 (0.26-0.42)

Eastlea

1495

21810

3

29

6991

4.1 (2.7-5.9)

0.32 (0.22-0.46)

Southerton

1450

17951

2

42

10385

4.0 (3.0-5.5)

0.31 (0.23-0.42)

Belvedere

1465

21532

3

30

10353

2.9 (1.9-4.1)

0.22 (0.16-0.32)

Mabelreign

1484

28900

5

16

6065

2.6 (1.5-4.2)

0.20 (0.13-0.33)

Greendale

1538

22662

3

31

14661

2.1 (1.4-3.0)

0.16 (0.12-0.23)

Arcadia

1480

17880

2

12

5681

2.1 (1.1-3.7)

0.16 (0.09-0.29)

Warren Park

1456

23702

4

100

57341

1.7 (1.4-2.1)

0.14 (0.11-0.16)

Highlands

1521

26462

4

12

6545

1.8 (0.9-3.2)

0.14 (0.08-0.25)

Hillside

1485

20116

2

8

4806

1.7 (0.7-3.2)

0.13 (0.06-0.26)

Tynwald

1460

26891

5

32

27398

1.2 (0.7-1.6)

0.09 (0.06-0.13)

All Suburbs

-

-

-

19422

1507359

12.9 (12.7-13.1)

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