Mortality Modeling

The study compared a constant mortality model with a Gompertz age-dependent mortality model. The Gompertz model was strongly supported for wild Muheza mosquitoes. AIC was used to compare model fits, with differences of at least 2 treated as meaningful. In the literature review, the constant model alone was never supported when survival curves were available. The Gompertz model represents initial mortality plus an exponential age-related increase. The constant mortality model represents age-independent mortality.