Table 4.

Adjusted Morbidity Risk Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals for Colonists (1999) and Indigenous (2001).

		COLONISTS 1999^a	INDIGENOUS 2001^b
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
AGE GROUP (ref group: ages 40+)	0 – 4	0.97 (0.76–1.25)	0.46^*** (0.36–0.58)
	5 – 14	0.65^** (0.52–0.83)	0.43^*** (0.34–0.53)
	15 – 39	0.54^*** (0.43–0.67)	0.62^*** (0.51–0.76)

TIME	Month of data collection	0.94^* (0.89–1.00)	0.92^** (0.87–0.98)

POPULATION & LAND USE	Household Population	0.89^*** (0.86–0.92)	0.96^** (0.93–0.98)
	Perennials (Ha)	0.99 (0.97–1.02)	1.02 (0.99–1.06)
	Annuals (Ha)	1.02 (0.95–1.08)	0.90^* (0.83–0.97)

POLLUTION (ref group: None or Other)	Air Pollution	1.32^* (1.05–1.65)	1.13 (0.93–1.37)
POLLUTION (ref group: None or Other)	River Pollution	1.26^* (1.01–1.57)	1.07 (0.90–1.26)

ELECTRICITY	Electricity in HH vs. None	0.85^† (0.71–1.03)	0.94 (0.76–1.17)

HEALTH CARE ACCESS VARIABLES

VEHICLE ACCESS	All year vs (Occasional or None)	0.83^† (0.68–1.01)	1.10 (0.86–1.41)

SECTOR/COMMUNITY VARIABLES

% OBTAIN HEALTH CARE HERE	Private Clinic	1.46 (0.80–2.64)	1.01^† (1.00–1.02)

^***

p<0.0001;

^**

p<0.01;

p<0.05;

^†

p<0.10

Intercept values for each model are:

−1.7348; and

−1.1102.