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Table 4 The number of animals by sex, species and age recruited for the longitudinal study and their respective estimates of animal time at risk (months), number of observed cases and Brucella infection incidence rate

From: Incidence of Brucella infection in various livestock species raised under the pastoral production system in Isiolo County, Kenya

Variable

Levels

n

Animal-time

Cases

Incidence rate

     

Estimate

95% Confidence interval

Sex

Male

8

61.60

1

0.016

0.0004–0.091

 

Female

71

549.40

11

0.020

0.009–0.036

Species

Cattle

31

214.03

6

0.028

0.010–0.061

 

Camels

30

151.00

8

0.053

0.022–0.104

 

Goats

32

237.40

3

0.013

0.003–0.036

 

Sheep

22

161.00

1

0.006

0.0002–0.034

Age

Young

11

74.30

2

0.026

0.003–0.097

 

Adult

62

536.7

10

0.019

0.009–0.034