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

Table 5 Poisson regression analysis of case fatality during the post-conflict period (1980–2008)

		IRR	Std. Err.	p-value	95% CI
Gender	Male	4.64	0.15	0.00	4.354	4.942
Gender	^aFemale	1.00
Cause of Accident	Bombed by plane	0.90	0.10	0.36	0.719	1.126
	Collecting Food Water or Wood	0.97	0.04	0.40	0.893	1.046
	Disturbed by animals	0.71	0.04	0.00	0.643	0.784
	Gun Violence	2.39	0.10	0.00	2.205	2.583
	Making Fire	0.90	0.04	0.01	0.833	0.979
	Playing	0.78	0.04	0.00	0.712	0.852
	Scrap Collection	0.30	0.03	0.00	0.247	0.358
	Tampering	0.70	0.04	0.00	0.627	0.785
	Travelling	1.59	0.06	0.00	1.470	1.716
	Warfare	2.45	0.09	0.00	2.277	2.646
	Farming or Gardening/digging	1.02	0.04	0.53	0.954	1.097
	Suicide	0.27	0.09	0.00	0.144	0.500
	^aBystander/Doing nothing
Uxo type	Bombie	1.07	0.03	0.03	1.006	1.143
	Artillery shell	0.64	0.02	0.00	0.593	0.687
	Big Bomb	0.24	0.02	0.00	0.203	0.295
	Small Bomb	0.33	0.03	0.00	0.282	0.396
	Grenade	0.40	0.02	0.00	0.372	0.436
	Mortar	0.43	0.02	0.00	0.393	0.468
	Rocket	0.56	0.03	0.00	0.503	0.615
	Fuse	0.36	0.04	0.00	0.298	0.446
	White Phosphor Bomb	0.15	0.03	0.00	0.110	0.210
	Other	0.78	0.03	0.00	0.731	0.831
	Unknown	0.68	0.03	0.00	0.626	0.742
	^aLandmine	1.00
Provinces	Attapeu	3.52	0.37	0.00	2.857	4.332
	Bokeo	1.54	0.18	0.00	1.219	1.950
	Bolikhamxay	1.13	0.12	0.25	0.917	1.396
	Champasack	0.47	0.05	0.00	0.378	0.579
	Huaphan	1.83	0.19	0.00	1.504	2.239
	Khammuane	1.72	0.18	0.00	1.408	2.099
	Luang Namtha	1.20	0.14	0.12	0.954	1.513
	Luang Prabang	1.66	0.17	0.00	1.350	2.035
	Oudomxay	1.93	0.21	0.00	1.563	2.381
	Saravan	1.13	0.12	0.25	0.918	1.386
	Savannakhet	1.51	0.15	0.00	1.251	1.832
	Sekong	1.72	0.20	0.00	1.375	2.146
	Vientiane Capital	0.47	0.06	0.00	0.372	0.604
	Vientiane province	0.63	0.07	0.00	0.508	0.793
	Xayabouly	0.97	0.10	0.78	0.786	1.199
	Xiengkhouang	2.56	.25	0.00	2.12	3.112
	^aPhongsaly	1.00

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