Skip to main content

Table 3 Examination of outliers and internal consistency between indicators (2014–2017)

From: A data quality assessment of the first four years of malaria reporting in the Senegal DHIS2, 2014–2017

 

2014

2015

2016

2017

Percentage of values that are moderate outliers a

5.6

5.6

5.2

4.4

Percentage of values that are extreme outliers a

2.2

2.5

2.4

2.1

Number of districts reporting > 5% moderate outlier monthly values

51

55

47

28

Number of districts reporting > 5% extreme outlier monthly values

1

2

4

1

Percentage of events where confirmed cases > tested cases

0.06

0.03

0.01

0.01

  1. a Numerator = sum of occurrences of outliers [± 2(3) SD relative to the mean of reported values] over the 12 months for the 3 indicators; Denominator = (number of health facilities multiplied by 12 months)