Table 3.

Regression analysis associated with asthma and rurality from 2010 to 11 to 2014–15

Predictors	OR(adj)	95% CI	p-value	OR(adj)	95% CI	p-value
	Aged 0–14			Aged 15–85+
	Metropolitan			Metropolitan
Smokers (percentage)	0.947	0.831–1.080	.405	1.035	1.016–1.052	.001*
Sex (male)	4.297	2.054–8.998	.001*	1.045	1.151–1.054	.360
GP ratio (per 1000)	0.720	0.092–5.618	.742	0.808	0.567–1.153	.224
ABTSI	0.159	0.003–9.079	.353	0.640	0.318–1.287	.197
Private insurance	0.002	0.000–1.848	.072	1.035	0.315–3.397	.953
SEIFA	2.328	0.569–9.516	.224	1.057	0.829–1.347	.642
IRSD	0.710	0.283–1.786	.447	1.026	0.875–1.203	.738
IER	0.641	0.405–1.014	.057	0.977	0.903–1.058	.549
IEO	0.731	0.336–1.590	.410	0.887	0.776–1.014	.077
ARIA+	0.926	0.076–11.314	.950	0.955	0.620–1.473	.827
ASGC	0.523	0.086–3.161	.460	0.940	0.689–1.283	.683
Population density Km2	1.000	0.999–1.001	.896	1.000	1.000–1.000	.954
	Rural			Rural
Smokers (percentage)	1.023	0.911–1.080	.691	1.006	0.974–1.039	.700
Sex (male)	0.446	0.277–1.395	.001*	1.068	0.938–1.217	.313
GP ratio (per 1000)	1.326	0.322–5.618	.688	1.234	0.807–1.885	.321
ABTSI (percentage)	1.275	0.698–9.079	.418	1.025	0.856–1.228	.780
Private insurance	0.613	0.004–1.848	.844	2.046	0.454–9.207	.341
SEIFA	0.567	0.146–9.516	.401	1.042	0.694–1.564	.840
IRSD	0.931	0.231–1.786	.918	1.012	0.667–1.536	.953
IER	1.697	0.784–2.014	.173	0.915	0.726–1.153	.441
IEO	1.146	0.706–1.590	.572	1.020	0.882–1.179	.785
ARIA+	1.502	0.523–11.314	.439	1.303	0.950–1.788	.097
ASGC	0.276	0.039–3.161	.190	0.551	0.307–1.010	.046
Population density Km2	1.014	1.001–1.027	.008	1.000	0.997–1.003	.998

*p ≤ 0.001