Table 9: Parameter estimates showing the effect of age on the reported tuberculosis cases usin the poisson regression model.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                 Exp(            

B)

95% Wald Confidence

Interval for Exp(B)               

Parameter

B

 

 

 

 

Sig.

Lower

Upper

(Intercept)

2.706

 

 

 

 

.000

14.975

14.145

15.853

65 years of age and older

1.785

 

 

 

 

.000

 

5.959

5.605

6.335

45-64 years of age

2.246

 

 

 

 

.000

 

9.454

8.906

10.035

25-44 years of age

2.679

 

 

 

 

.000

        14.576

13.746

15.457

15-24 years of age

1.251

 

 

 

 

.000

 

3.493

3.277

3.722

5-14 years of age

-.155

 

 

 

 

.000

 

.856

.787

.931

0-4 years of age

0b

.

.

.

.

.

.

1

.

.

(Scale)

1c