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Table 3 Evidence of impact of New Home New Life on the number of mine/UXO events before and after 1994, upper limb (tampering) injuries after 1994 and inappropriate attitudes and practices

From: Epidemiological geomatics in evaluation of mine risk education in Afghanistan: introducing population weighted raster maps

 

Listen to New Home New Life

 

yes

no

Mine/UXO events

1. Cases 1979–93 (per 10000 person-years)

21 (6.802)

9 (1.898)

2. Cases 1994–97 (per 10000 person years)

Risk of a case occurring after 1994: OR 0.28, 95%CI 0.07–0.99 (in urban mined areas)

9 (14.577)

14 (14.763)

3. Upper limb injuries as proportion of all injuries among survivors of mine accidents after 1994

Risk of an upper limb injury after 1994: OR 0.12, 95%CI 0.02–0.82 (in urban areas)

3/14 (21%)

11/16 (69%)

Inappropriate attitudes and practices (search for metal, consider non-qualified person brave if go into mined area)

  

4. With easy radio access (%)

377/4207 (9%)

65/423 (15.4%)

5. Difficult radio access (%)

Risk of inappropriate behaviour, stratified by ease of access to radios OR 0.61, 95%CI 0.44–0.84

2/83 (2.4%)

378/4216 (9%)