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Table 2 Comparison of average dengue incidence rates according to population size in the municipalities of Northeast Brazil, 2014–2017

From: Spatiotemporal dynamics, risk areas and social determinants of dengue in Northeastern Brazil, 2014–2017: an ecological study

Population size

No. municipalities (%)

No. casesa (%)

Mean (± SD)

Median (IQR)

P-value

Small (up to 50 000)

1610 (89.7)

147 935 (29.0)

143.21 ± 331.50

33.97 (122.50)

< 0.001b

 Small 1 (up to 20 000)

1157 (64.5)

63 831 (12.5)

136.84 ± 328.52

29.79 (109.40)

 Small 2 (20 001 to 50 000)

453 (25.2)

84 104 (16.5)

159.47 ± 338.83

46.22 (145.73)

Medium (50 001 to 100 000)

122 (6.8)

75 246 (14.8)

229.25 ± 302.78

113.91 (307.69)

 Medium 1 (50 001 to 70 000)

75 (4.2)

40 559 (8.0)

228.74 ± 327.89

70.95 (304.72)

 Medium 2 (70 001 to 100 000)

47 (2.6)

34 687 (6.8)

230.06 ± 261.15

155.49 (318.76)

Large (> 100 000)

62 (3.5)

286 079 (56.2)

275.22 ± 463.23

144.89 (272.19)

 Large 1 (100 001 to 500 000)

51 (2.8)

113 407 (22.3)

274.27 ± 501.79

139.92 (235.02)

 Large 2 (> 500 000)

11 (0.7)

172 672 (33.9)

279.61 ± 223.50

201.81 (373.40)

  1. a A case with ignored municipality
  2. b Kruskal–Wallis test; SD Standard deviation; IQR Interquartile range