Table 2. Crude odds ratios for land-use patterns associated with relative risk of high enzootic raccoon rabies (≥8 positive cases) within 159 Georgia counties.
| Enzootic | Enzootic | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Median a | Upper quartile a | Range a | high | low | OR | 95% CI | p value |
| Open water | 0.79 | 1.66 | 0.4–29.6 | 14 | 26 | 1.5 | 0.7–3.1 | 0.329 |
| Low intensity res | 58.1 | 98 | 2.8–44.5 | 26 | 14 | 9.2 | 4.1–20.6 | <0.001 |
| High intensity res | 0.28 | 0.70 | 0.1–8.0 | 25 | 15 | 7.8 | 3.5–17.2 | <0.001 |
| Com/Ind/Trans | 0.7 | 2.3 | .03–4.8 | 23 | 17 | 5.6 | 2.6–12.3 | <0.001 |
| Barren | 0.22 | 0.57 | .08–1.1 | 17 | 23 | 2.3 | 1.1–4.9 | 0.029 |
| Shrub | 2.84 | 4.72 | 0.8–9.1 | 5 | 35 | 0.3 | 0.1–0.7 | 0.008 |
| Deciduous forest | 21.35 | 30.17 | 4.1–46.1 | 13 | 27 | 1.3 | 0.6–2.7 | 0.566 |
| Evergreen forest | 21.54 | 31.05 | 11.5–12.6 | 1 | 39 | 0.04 | .006–0.3 | <0.001 |
| Mixed forest | 3.02 | 5.08 | 1.1–9.6 | 10 | 30 | 0.8 | 0.3–1.7 | 0.528 |
| Agricultural | 16.72 | 25.32 | 9.0–29.7 | 16 | 24 | 2.0 | 0.9–4.2 | 0.075 |
| Grasslands | 6.15 | 8.59 | 3.9–4.1 | 11 | 29 | 0.9 | 0.4–2.0 | 0.818 |
| Woody wetlands | 6.53 | 16.03 | 2.9–29.3 | 4 | 36 | 0.2 | 0.07–0.6 | 0.002 |
| Herbaceous wetlands | 0.27 | 1.21 | .01–23.7 | 6 | 34 | 0.3 | 0.1–0.9 | 0.025 |
apercentage of land use
OR: odds ratio
CI: confidence interval