Table 3 Trend analysis for age adjusted rates of gastroenteritis-associated mortality
Slope from 1985 – 1998 β (95% CI) | Slope from 1999 – 2005 β (95% CI) | p-value (change in slope) | |
|---|---|---|---|
All gastroenteritis | 0.029 (0.001, 0.057) | 0.418 (0.105, 0.883) | < 0.0001 |
All gastroenteritis w/o C. difficile | 0.016 (−0.006, 0.038) | 0.316 (0.077, 0.676) | < 0.0001 |
Bacterial | 0.052 (0.035, 0.069) | 0.428 (0.099, 0.850) | < 0.0001 |
Bacterial w/o C. difficile | 0.032 (0.024, 0.039) | 0.129 (0.052, 0.247) | < 0.0001 |
Viral | −0.003 (−0.010, 0.005) | −0.039 (−0.055, 0.018) | 0.0031 |
Unknown infectious | 0.003 (−0.001, 0.007) | −0.017 (−0.007, −0.048) | 0.0011 |
Unknown noninfectious | −0.001 (−0.023, 0.004) | 0.0229 (0.019, 0.092) | < 0.0001 |