Table 2.

Parameter estimate of fitted exponential regression models on age-standardized mortality rates of selected causes of death, Matlab Government service area, 1986–2003

Causes of death	Intercept (a)	Beta (b)	SE (b)	p-Value	R2 (%)
Communicable diseases
Diarrhea	272.7	–0.053	0.02	0.004	41
Dysentery	164.1	–0.169	0.02	<0.001	76
Tuberculosis	35.2	0.030	0.02	0.095	17
Respiratory disease	191.5	–0.036	0.01	0.001	49
Other communicable	76.9	–0.067	0.01	<0.001	63
Non-communicable diseases
Malignant neoplasm	23.9	0.099	0.01	<0.001	82
CVD	92.8	0.120	0.02	<0.001	68
Digestive disease	69.6	0.017	0.01	0.036	25
COPD	114.3	0.016	0.01	0.188	11
Accident/injuries
Accident	31.5	0.003	0.02	0.885	<1
Drowning	51.9	–0.001	0.01	0.925	<1
Suicide and homicide	18.0	–0.018	0.02	0.377	5