The trend and pattern of adult mortality in South-Central Ethiopia: analysis using the 2008-2019 data from Butajira Health and Demographic Surveillance System.

Glob Health Action · 2022 · PMC9542780 · PMID 36178408

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a significant trendP < 0.05actually significant

A significant trend was assumed where P < 0.05 using the Z statistic [ 37 , 39 ].

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a decreasing trendno p-value reported

an increasing trendno p-value reported

A positive value of tau (Kendall’s tau statistic) is an indicator of an increasing trend, whereas its negative value is indicative of a decreasing trend [ 38 ].

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