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Summary statistics for the number of Buruli ulcer cases and potential covariates used in analyses. |
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| Variable |
Mean |
Minimum |
Maximum |
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| Dependent variable |
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| Buruli ulcer cases |
1.8 |
0.0 |
29 |
| Covariates |
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| Agriculture (0.1) |
0.33 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
| Agriculture (0.5) |
0.33 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
| Agriculture (1) |
0.33 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
| Agriculture (5) |
0.33 |
0.0 |
0.88 |
| Agriculture (10) |
0.33 |
0.0 |
0.77 |
| Agriculture (20) |
0.31 |
0.0 |
0.61 |
| Agriculture (50) |
0.25 |
0.0 |
0.42 |
| Urban (0.1) |
0.05 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
| Urban (0.5) |
0.03 |
0.0 |
0.62 |
| Urban (1) |
0.02 |
0.0 |
0.48 |
| Urban (5) |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.21 |
| Urban (10) |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.13 |
| Urban (20) |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.06 |
| Urban (50) |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.06 |
| Water (0.1) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
| Water (0.5) |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.88 |
| Water (1) |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.72 |
| Water (5) |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.42 |
| Water (10) |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.34 |
| Water (20) |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.23 |
| Water (50) |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.07 |
| Wetland (0.1) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.17 |
| Wetland (0.5) |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.19 |
| Wetland (1) |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.20 |
| Wetland (5) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.18 |
| Wetland (10) |
0.02 |
0.0 |
0.23 |
| Wetland (20) |
0.02 |
0.0 |
0.17 |
| Wetland (50) |
0.03 |
0.0 |
0.11 |
| Forest (0.1) |
0.02 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
| Forest (0.5) |
0.03 |
0.0 |
0.71 |
| Forest (1) |
0.03 |
0.0 |
0.50 |
| Forest (5) |
0.04 |
0.0 |
0.57 |
| Forest (10) |
0.05 |
0.0 |
0.70 |
| Forest (20) |
0.06 |
0.0 |
0.76 |
| Forest (50) |
0.07 |
0.0 |
0.52 |
| Distance to river (m) |
22.4 |
3,850 |
12,157 |
| Wetness index |
6.8 |
7.9 |
9.2 |
| Mean elevation (m) |
120.9 |
51.8 |
345.4 |
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Land use/cover was estimated for different buffer widths around individual villages, while mean wetness index and elevation are based on the village drainage basin (see Methods). Land use/cover variable is followed by buffer radius (km) in parentheses. | |||
Wagner et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2008 7:25 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-7-25 |
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