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Table 3 Model of residual cases of 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

1.3819

0.0327

< 0.0001

1.3202

0.0232

< 0.0001

Female

0.1409

0.0079

< 0.0001

0.1679

0.0044

< 0.0001

Agegroup

-0.5916

0.0218

< 0.0001

-0.5257

0.0129

< 0.0001

Agegroup2

0.0721

0.0042

< 0.0001

0.0570

0.0025

< 0.0001

Aboriginal

-0.1121

0.0153

< 0.0001

-0.1053

0.0127

< 0.0001

Year

-0.2965

0.0078

< 0.0001

-0.2897

0.0043

< 0.0001

Year2

0.0329

0.0008

< 0.0001

0.0316

0.0005

< 0.0001

Random effects

Estimate

SE

 

Estimate

SE

 

Large area (φ2)

0.0212

0.0105

 

0.0235

0.0090

 

Small area (Ï„2)

0.0272

0.0085

 

0.0253

0.01003

 

Municipality (Ï…2)

0.0025

0.0054

 

0.0029

0.0053

 

Scale parameter

0.0349

0.0022

 

N/A

N/A

 

Generalized Χ2/d.f.

 

0.98

  

1.06

 
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International Journal of Health Geographics

ISSN: 1476-072X