Table 1

Summarised statistics for monthly incidence of RRv infection and meteorological variables in Queensland, 1985–96

CoastlineInland
MeanSDMinimumMaximumMeanSDMinimumMaximum
MaxT, maximum temperature; MinT, minimum temperature; RH9am, relative humidity at 9 am; Rh3pm, relative humidity at 3 pm; HT, high tide.
*Significant at p≤0.05 (2 tailed); **significant at p≤0.01 (2 tailed).
†Geometric means of incidence of disease and rainfall; ‡geometric standard deviation; §data unavailable.
Incidence (1/100000)* 6.62† 3.80‡ 0149.71 3.72† 2.14‡ 0104.38
MaxT (°C)* 27.45 3.13 1934.3026.82 5.6614.5039.90
MinT (°C)** 18.20 3.46 8.9025.4014.14 5.364.7024.90
Rainfall (mm)** 40.74† 4.90‡ 01310.6037.15† 4.79‡ 0519.60
Rh9am (%)** 68.93 7.61 45.0089.0052.1112.7323.0089.00
Rh3pm (%)** 58.33 8.82 18.0080.0041.1513.9212.0076.00
HT (cm)302.3593.58180.81512.33 § §