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Table 2 Model of 2IN2 asthma: 1998-2005, Province of Alberta, Canada

From: An integrated framework for the geographic surveillance of chronic disease

 

Negative binomial

Poisson

Fixed effects

Estimate

SE

p-val

Estimate

SE

p-val

Intercept

-31.7507

5.0709

< 0.0001

-32.7726

3.3903

< 0.0001

Female

0.0427

0.0045

< 0.0001

0.0906

0.0016

< 0.0001

Agegroup

-0.5253

0.0120

< 0.0001

-0.3805

0.0046

< 0.0001

Agegroup2

0.0568

0.0023

< 0.0001

0.0225

0.0009

< 0.0001

Aboriginal

12.8256

5.5017

0.0202

24.0478

3.4640

< 0.0001

Year

0.0163

0.0025

< 0.0001

0.0167

0.0017

< 0.0001

Year * Aboriginal

-0.0065

0.0027

0.0186

-0.0121

0.0017

< 0.0001

Random effects

Estimate

SE

 

Estimate

SE

 

Large area (φ2)

0.0000

N/A

 

0.0000

N/A

 

Small area (Ï„2)

0.0000

N/A

 

0.0000

N/A

 

Municipality (Ï…2)

0.0236

0.0084

 

0.0390

0.0099

 

Slope - Aboriginal

0.1624

0.0156

 

0.1617

0.0145

 

Scale parameter

0.0493

0.0010

 

N/A

N/A

 

Generalized Χ2/d.f.

 

0.89

  

1.93

 
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International Journal of Health Geographics

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