Table 1 Epidemiological, Socio-Economic and Climatic characteristics of mildly affected and severely affected cantons.

From: Post-earthquake Zika virus surge: Disaster and public health threat amid climatic conduciveness

Characteristic

Mildly affected (Group 1) n = 17

Severely affected (Group 2) n = 26

p-value+

Epidemiological

PrEQ cumulative ZIKV incidence rate, per 100,000 pop

2.01

1.56

0.616++

PoEQ cumulative ZIKV incidence rate, per 100,000 pop

4.42

52.50

0.003++*

Socio-economic

School years, mean

9.16

7.88

0.006*

Literacy rate, %

93.3

88.9

0.004*

Poverty rate, %

65.4

81.8

0.002*

Persons per household

3.75

3.99

0.002*

Climatic

PrEQ Max Temp (°C), mean

27.6

29.8

0.262

PoEQ Max Temp (°C), mean

26.3

30.2

0.057**

PrEQ Rainfall (mm), mean

247.4

333.7

0.158

PoEQ Rainfall (mm), mean

61.7

64.9

0.880

PrEQ Rain Days, mean

26.3

28.7

0.050**

PoEQ Rain Days, mean

19.7

19.6

0.985

PrEQ Average Wind (mph), mean

4.19

3.58

0.221

PoEQ Average Wind (mph), mean

5.56

4.98

0.464

PrEQ Pressure (mb), mean

1012.25

1011.56

0.032*

PoEQ Pressure (mb), mean

1014.15

1012.76

<0.001*

PrEQ Humidity (%), mean

82.06

85.45

0.005*

PoEQ Humidity (%), mean

78.77

78.07

0.706

PrEQ Cloud Coverage (%), mean

46.27

67.87

<0.001*

PoEQ Cloud Coverage (%), mean

35.13

57.82

<0.001*

PrEQ UV Index, mean

5.50

5.81

0.499

PoEQ UV Index, mean

5.26

5.92

0.153

PrEQ Sun Hours, mean

96.98

54.15

<0.001*

PoEQ Sun Hours, mean

110.01

72.45

<0.001*

PrEQ Sun Days, mean

2.99

1.38

0.111

PoEQ Sun Days, mean

8.82

8.84

0.996

  1. PrEQ = Pre-earthquake; PoEQ = Post-earthquake; ++All p-values correspond to T-test, except where otherwise indicated; +Mann-Whitney test; *p < 0.05; **p = 0.05–0.10.