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. 2015 Sep 30;11:40. doi: 10.1186/s12992-015-0123-y

Table 2.

Negative binomial regression testing the relationship between Islamist insurgency in 2003 and polio cases in 2003–05 (3-year mean)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Islamist insurgency .198** (.094) .242* (.133) .192* (.143) .194* (.136)
Insurgency 5.720 (5.460) .533 (.533)
Non-Islamist insurgency 6.618* (6.342) .601 (.635)
GDP per capita (000) .875 (.124) .871 (.133) .854 (.151) .856 (.150)
Total population (log) 4.223*** (1.177) 4.086*** (1.133) 5.003*** (2.013) 4.730*** (2.001)
Infant Mortality Rate 1.056*** (.016) 1.054** (.016) 1.059*** (.016) 1.057*** (.016)
Rural population % 1.051 (.032) 1.054 (.033) 1.050 (.030) 1.052 (.030)
Previous polio 2.746*** (1.071) 3.100** (1.118) 3.274** (1.281) .932 (229) .972 (.243) .841 (.258) .885 (.296)
Observations 192 192 192 182 182 182 182

We report incidence rate ratios. Standard errors are in parentheses. Constants are calculated but not reported

* p < .05 (5 %), ** p < .01 (1 %), *** p < .001 (0.1 %)