Table 1 Analyses of deviance table for the log-linear models of hospital treatments due to accidents, explanatory variables added sequentially.

Df

Deviance

P value

Geographical location

3

5034

< 0.001

Age

4

26834

< 0.001

Sex

1

1

0.335

Year

15

1219

< 0.001

Period (before/after)

1

2

0.174

Fall

Df

Deviance

P value

Geographical location

3

5672

< 0.001

Age

4

22758

< 0.001

Sex

1

164

< 0.001

Year

15

797

< 0.001

Period (before/after)

1

2

0.309