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Table 4 Association between the number of CAFOs in postal code areas and health problems within the high CAFO density region, 2009
| OR (95 % CI)a for each additional CAFO | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis | Type of CAFOb | Within the postal code area | In adjacent postal code areas |
| Other infectious disease | All | 0.88 (0.75-1.03) | 1.00 (0.95-1.05) |
| Goat only | 1.87 (1.11-3.13) | 1.77 (1.30-2.41) | |
| Gastroenteritis presumed infection | All | 0.93 (0.86-1.01) | 1.01 (0.99-1.04) |
| Chronic enteritis | All | 0.99 (0.85-1.15) | 0.97 (0.93-1.01) |
| Poultry only | 1.13 (0.79-1.62) | 0.89 (0.79-1.00) | |
| Allergic conjunctivitis | All | 1.00 (0.88-1.14) | 1.02 (0.98-1.06) |
| Goat only | 1.57 (0.99-2.50) | 1.42 (1.10-1.83) | |
| Acute URI | All | 1.03 (0.96-1.11) | 1.03 (1.01-1.06) |
| Swine only | 1.10 (0.98-1.24) | 1.04 (1.01-1.08) | |
| Goat only | 0.95 (0.69-1.29) | 1.37 (1.12-1.66) | |
| Pneumonia | All | 1.03 (0.95-1.11) | 1.00 (0.98-1.03) |
| Goat only | 1.41 (1.08-1.84) | 1.17 (1.00-1.37) | |
| Asthma | All | 1.03 (0.98-1.08) | 1.00 (0.98-1.01) |
| Goat only | 1.16 (0.94-1.43) | 1.15 (1.01-1.31) | |
| Age group 0–4 yrs | All | 0.82 (0.66-1.02) | 1.02 (0.96-1.08) |
| Age group 0–4 yrs | Goat only | 0.92 (0.45-1.88) | 1.62 (1.15-2.28) |
| Age group 0–14 yrs | All | 0.97 (0.87-1.08) | 0.99 (0.97-1.03) |
| Age group 0–14 yrs | Goat only | 1.40 (0.96-2.04) | 1.37 (1.13-1.67) |
| Hay fever | All | 1.01 (0.94-1.07) | 1.00 (0.98-1.02) |
| Goat only | 1.19 (0.90-1.56) | 1.22 (1.05-1.41) | |
| COPD | All | 1.04 (0.97-1.12) | 1.00 (0.98-1.02) |
| Age group 45 yrs and older | All | 1.07 (1.01-1.14) | 1.00 (0.98-1.02) |
| Age group 60 yrs and older | All | 1.13 (1.02-1.24) | 0.98 (0.95-1.00) |
| Atopic eczema | All | 1.02 (0.97-1.08) | 1.01 (0.99-1.03) |
| Goat only | 1.26 (1.00-1.59) | 1.19 (1.03-1.38) | |
