Table 2.
Final multinomial analysis risk factors associated with rabies virus infection evidence at the LGA level in Nigeria.
| Variables | Rabies published studies |
NVRI surveillance data |
Published studies and NVRI data |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RRR (95%CI) | p-Value | RRR (95%CI) | p-Value | RRR (95%CI) | p-Value | |
| Sociodemographic factors | ||||||
| Literacy score (mean proportion of men and women aged 15–49) | 0.7 (0.2–1.9) | 0.4 | 4.52 (1.12–18.25) | 0.034 | 5.34 (0.84–33.98) | 0.076 |
| Poverty (mean proportion of people living in poverty) | 9.18 (1.21–69.86) | 0.032 | 12.85 (0.83–199.97) | 0.068 | 24.87 (0.63–979.09) | 0.086 |
| Proportion urban areas | 1.76 (1.07–2.88) | 0.025 | 1.07 (0.57–2.02) | 0.835 | 5.05 (1.91–13.38) | 0.001 |
| Urban by 2030 (Global Grid of Probabilities of Urban Expansion to 2030) | 2.98 (0.80–11.07) | 0.102 | 1.05 (0.16–6.77) | 0.963 | 15.44 (3.06–77.97) | 0.001 |
| Population density | 1.23 (0.99–1.00) | 0.431 | 1.6 (1.02–1.12) | 0.043 | 0.99 (0.99–1.00) | 0.973 |
| Environmental factors | ||||||
| Mean temperature | 1.00 (0.91–1.10) | 0.973 | 1.03 (0.91–1.17) | 0.583 | 1.31 (1.11–1.55) | 0.001 |
| Mosaic cropland/vegetation (grassland/shrubland/forest) | 1.02 (0.98–1.07) | 0.286 | 1.06 (1.01–1.12) | 0.010 | 1.17 (1.11–1.23) | 0.001 |
RRR -Relative Risk Ratio.
NVRI- National Veterinary Research Institute.
Cl-Confidence interval.