Table 2.

Summary of rodent characteristics divided by rodent group with respect to hunting, reservoir status, and synanthropic behaviour

Rodent characteristics	Mean	95% CIa	Range	N
Number of zoonoses
Hunted	2.40	1.88–2.92	0–15	83
Non-hunted	0.44	0.35–0.53	0–3	216
Number of habitats
Reservoir	3.26	3.00–3.51	1–11	282
Non-reservoir	2.87	2.58–3.16	1–10	154
Number of artificial habitats
Reservoir	1.13	0.95–1.31	0–7	282
Non-reservoir	0.72	0.52–0.92	0–6	154
Number of habitats
Synanthropic	3.96	3.56–4.36	1–11	155
Non-synanthropic	2.65	2.47–2.84	1–8	281
Number of artificial habitats
Synanthropic	1.60	1.31–1.89	0–7	155
Non-synanthropic	0.64	0.52–0.77	0–5	281
s-indexb
Reservoir	0.46	0.39–0.53	0.02–3.94	137
Non-reservoir	0.41	0.37–0.45	0.11–1.11	132
Synanthropic	0.52	0.42–0.62	0.09–3.94	94
Non-synanthropic	0.39	0.36–0.42	0.02–1.11	175

^aConfidence interval.

^bIndex of population fluctuations (Methods).