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Table 1 Variables used in model construction

From: Risk assessment of imported malaria in China: a machine learning perspective

Feature Name

Definition

Source

Risk

Import Risk rating

Segmented based on the Quartile of the number of imported malaria cases

Indigenous-Cases

Indigenous Malaria Cases of origin country

World Malaria Report

DMCs

Death Malaria Cases of origin country

 

IR

Malaria Incidence Rate of origin country

 

Population

The population of the origin country

United Nations Population Division

GDP

GDP Per Capita of origin country

FAO

GNI

GNI Per Capita of origin country

 

TCT

Total Custom Trade with China

China Statistical Yearbook

TET

Total Engineering Trade with China

 

LD

Labor Dispatch from China

 

Distance

Distance between the two capitals

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