Table 3. Model of occurrence of WND cases in humans in administrative districts of the European Union between 2002 and 2014, according to the predicted structural bird-borne risk of WNV circulation and to the population size.
Variable | Odds-ratio (95% confidence interval) | p-value |
---|---|---|
Intercept | 0.008 (0.004–0.016) | <0.0001 |
Proportion of pixels classified high-risk with a probability >0.5a | 1.7b (1.5–1.9) | <0.0001 |
Proportion of pixels classified high-risk with a probability >0.8 a | 7.4b (2.9–24.0) | 0.0001 |
Population size (x105) | ||
<1.3 | Ref. | |
1.3–2.5 | 1.5 (0.7–3.4) | 0.34 |
2.5–4.8 | 3.5 (1.8–7.5) | 0.0006 |
>4.8 | 3.1 (1.5–6.5) | 0.002 |
aPixels with an predicted risk above the 90th percentile of the risk distribution in >50% (resp. 80%) of bootstrapped risk maps.
bOdds-ratios computed for an increase of 0.05 of the proportion.