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Table 1 Exposure based on Geographic Locations Identified at the ZIP Code Level: Odds Ratios from a Case-Control Study, 2000–2002

From: Geographic variations of childhood asthma hospitalization and outpatient visits and proximity to ambient pollution sources at a U.S.-Canada border crossing

 

Case Patients (n = 5,731)

Control patients (n = 4,604)

  

Zip Code

% of Diagnosed Asthma Cases

Asthma Hospitalization Rates (per 10 K)

% of Diagnosed Gastroenteritis

Gastroenteritis Hospitalization Rates (per 10 K)

Odds Ratios

95% Confidence Interval (CI)

14203

0.63

356.79

0.48

218.04

1.31

[0.779, 2.218]

14212

7.17

267.51

4.87

145.80

1.51

[1.280, 1.778]**

14204

4.34

248.01

3.52

161.35

1.24

[1.019, 1.518]**

14213

11.22

246.55

12.19

215.11

0.91

[0.807, 1.027]

14201

5.69

239.55

6.93

234.40

0.84

[0.718, 0.988]*

14211

11.85

229.47

8.84

137.55

1.39

[1.220, 1.575]**

14208

4.26

184.75

3.82

133.26

1.12

[0.920, 1.364]

14215

12.84

165.45

12.05

124.76

1.08

[0.956, 1.209]

14209

1.97

132.21

2.09

112.32

0.94

[0.715, 1.240]

14207

4.96

123.55

5.41

108.33

0.91

[0.766, 1.088]

14214

3.35

87.83

2.13

44.83

1.59

[1.252, 2.026]**

14206

2.62

65.25

2.39

47.85

1.10

[0.858, 1.408]

14210

1.41

48.56

1.67

46.16

0.84

[0.613, 1.157]

14202

0.33

45.94

0.63

70.12

0.52

[0.286, 0.952]*

14216

1.80

43.67

2.28

44.52

0.79

[0.595, 1.037]

14222

0.92

36.90

0.83

26.45

1.11

[0.732, 1.682]

14220

1.68

36.16

1.52

26.37

1.11

[0.813, 1.507]

14217

1.20

27.94

1.24

23.08

0.97

[0.679, 1.378]

14218

0.96

27.22

1.22

27.72

0.78

[0.537, 1.146]

14226

1.36

26.55

1.61

25.19

0.84

[0.610, 1.164]

14225

1.61

25.63

2.45

31.48

0.65

[0.490, 0.866]*

14223

0.89

21.17

0.96

18.26

0.93

[0.617, 1.391]

14228

0.68

19.78

0.74

17.25

0.92

[0.578, 1.460]

14227

0.59

13.84

0.93

17.50

0.63

[0.398, 1.005]

14221

0.96

10.69

1.46

13.02

0.65

[0.453, 0.944]*

14224

0.61

8.64

1.15

13.08

0.53

[0.339, 0.822]*

14219

0.16

6.90

0.30

10.73

0.53

[0.224, 1.264]

  1. Note. Two denominators are reported, one is derived from the number of children registered in the Kaleida Health System and the other from population data from the 2000 US Census; and case patients and control patients derived from hospitalization and outpatient visits for asthma (ICD-9 code 493) and gastroenteritis (ICD-9 code 558) from Kaleida database, 2000–2002
  2. ** Positive association between exposure and outcome at the 5% significance level
  3. * Negative association between exposure and outcome at the 5% significance level
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International Journal of Health Geographics

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