Table 2

Chi square test statistics and significant for paired year comparisons in incidence and prevalence

ComparisonIncidencePrevalence
DependenceHazardousDependenceHazardous
χ2P valueχ2P valueχ2P valueχ2P value
2017 versus 201880.770.0001↓48.070.0001↓3.680.060.450.50
2017 versus 2019134.700.0001↓75.790.0001↓5.130.02↑0.090.76
2017 versus 2020261.060.0001↓174.710.0001↓0.210.6415.750.00↓
2017 versus 2021247.320.0001↓115.630.0001↓0.001.000.000.98
2018 versus 20197.400.007↓3.250.070.120.730.140.71
2018 versus 202057.800.0001↓41.870.0001↓5.670.02↓10.880.001↓
2018 versus 202150.850.0001↓15.270.0001↓3.680.060.480.49
2019 versus 202024.360.0001↓21.970.0001↓0.120.7313.460.0002↓
2019 versus 202119.850.0001↓4.40.04↓5.130.02↓0.100.75
2020 versus 20210.230.636.700.001↑0.210.6415.930.0001↑
  • Arrows in the table indicate direction (increase or decrease) of significant change from the previous year.