Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of zoonoses hospitalisations and socio-environmental covariates by LGA in Queensland.

Variable	Mean	SD	Min	Q1	Median	Q3	Max
Standardised hospitalisation rate of zoonoses (zHR)	0.004	0.008	0.000	0.001	0.002	0.005	0.064
Index of Socioeconomic Disadvantage (ISD)	957.7	69.6	472.1	946.3	972.5	992.4	1048.9
Standardised female zoonoses hospitalisation rate	0.005	0.008	0.000	0.002	0.003	0.005	0.076
Standardised rate of people in at-risk occupations	0.139	0.116	0.000	0.035	0.104	0.211	0.412
Average maximum temperature*	2.809	0.253	2.136	2.640	2.790	2.947	3.342
Average rainfall**	8.037	4.527	2.269	5.264	6.502	8.861	29.159

Notes. Q1: first quartile; Q3: third quartile; SD: standard deviation; * °C x10⁻¹; ** mm x10⁻¹.