Table 3.

Regression analysis based on the cumulative reported cases of viral infections between 2018 and 2021 in Saudi Arabia

Viral infectious disease	Correlation coefficient	R2 value	Standard error	F value	P value
Hepatitis A	0.94	0.90	39.11	18.23	0.05
Hepatitis B	0.88	0.77	879.52	6.95	0.11
Hepatitis C	0.93	0.87	362.71	13.63	0.06
Hepatitis D	0.80	0.64	3.65	3.59	0.19
Hepatitis E	0.70	0.49	2.39	1.95	0.29
Dengue fever	0.69	0.48	1114.67	1.91	0.30
Dengue hemorrhagic fever	0.95	0.90	87.57	19.83	0.04
Alkhumra fever	0.89	0.80	0.31	8.00	0.10
Chikungunya fever	0.94	0.89	0.38	16.33	0.05
West Nile virus	0.25	0.06	0.59	0.14	0.74
Severe acute respiratory syndrome	0.44	0.20	0.63	0.50	0.55
Middle East respiratory syndrome	0.73	0.53	73.31	2.33	0.26
Influenza (seasonal)	0.74	0.56	3119.07	2.56	0.25
Influenza-like illness	0.39	0.15	494.50	0.36	0.60
Chickenpox	0.97	0.95	409.06	44.68	0.02
Measles	0.91	0.83	244.23	10.23	0.08
Mumps	0.78	0.16	20.85	3.24	0.21
Rubella	0.87	0.76	7.83	6.45	0.12
Congenital rubella syndrome	0.00	0.00	1.41	0.00	1.00
Hand, foot, and mouth diseases	0.89	0.80	76.06	8.33	0.10
Rabies	0.92	0.86	1.07	12.56	0.07
Acute flaccid paralysis	0.89	0.80	0.63	8.00	0.10
Acute poliomyelitis	0.77	0.60	0.38	3.00	0.22
Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease	0.60	0.36	1.26	1.12	0.40

Bolded values statistically significant (P ≤ 0.05)