Population trends related to injury from explosive munitions in Lao PDR (1964–2008): a retrospective analysis

Table 3 Poisson regression analysis of case fatality during the conflict period (1965–1979)

		IRR	Std. Err.	p-value	95% CI
Gender	Male	4.34	0.07	0.00	4.203	4.479
Gender	^aFemale	1.00
Cause of Accident	Bombed by plane	3.28	0.08	0.00	3.134	3.430
	Collecting Food Water or Wood	0.99	0.03	0.69	0.932	1.048
	Disturbed by animals	0.75	0.03	0.00	0.704	0.808
	Gun Violence	2.00	0.05	0.00	1.908	2.106
	Making Fire	0.83	0.03	0.00	0.774	0.883
	Playing	0.36	0.02	0.00	0.324	0.395
	Scrap Collection	0.11	0.01	0.00	0.081	0.138
	Tampering	1.02	0.03	0.53	0.957	1.090
	Travelling	3.10	0.07	0.00	2.974	3.240
	Warfare	3.35	0.07	0.00	3.209	3.497
	Farming or Gardening/digging	0.84	0.03	0.00	0.791	0.895
	Suicide	0.86	0.03	0.00	0.804	0.916
	^aDoing nothing /Bystander	1.00
UXO type	Landmine	1.42	0.03	0.00	1.368	1.477
	Artillery shell	0.83	0.02	0.00	0.790	0.862
	Big Bomb	0.94	0.02	0.01	0.902	0.982
	Small Bomb	0.27	0.01	0.00	0.256	0.295
	Grenade	0.57	0.01	0.00	0.542	0.598
	Mortar	0.42	0.01	0.00	0.394	0.441
	Rocket	0.37	0.01	0.00	0.347	0.390
	Fuse	0.11	0.01	0.00	0.091	0.130
	White Phosphor Bomb	0.08	0.01	0.00	0.070	0.099
	Other	1.21	0.02	0.00	1.163	1.259
	Unknown	0.41	0.01	0.00	0.387	0.435
	^aBombie
Provinces	Attapeu	5.94	0.37	0.00	5.251	6.709
	Bokeo	3.30	0.23	0.00	2.873	3.796
	Bolikhamxay	1.46	0.10	0.00	1.278	1.668
	Champasack	0.63	0.04	0.00	0.556	0.716
	Huaphan	2.52	0.15	0.00	2.237	2.835
	Khammuane	1.94	0.12	0.00	1.718	2.187
	Luang Namtha	2.27	0.15	0.00	1.987	2.594
	Luang Prabang	1.69	0.10	0.00	1.504	1.908
	Oudomxay	3.27	0.20	0.00	2.898	3.681
	Saravan	3.26	0.20	0.00	2.896	3.667
	Savannakhet	2.61	0.15	0.00	2.327	2.925
	Sekong	4.01	0.27	0.00	3.516	4.569
	Vientiane Capital	0.61	0.04	0.00	0.535	0.697
	Vientiane province	0.89	0.06	0.08	0.781	1.013
	Xayabouly	0.92	0.06	0.25	0.805	1.057
	Xiengkhouang	4.57	0.27	0.00	4.069	5.136
	^aPhongsaly	1.00

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