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Table 2 Parameter Estimates with confidence interval for fire fatality

From: Modelling of fire count data: fire disaster risk in Ghana

Regions

Poisson

Neg. binomial

μ

k

μ

Ashanti

 

1.03 ± 0.57

6.29 ± 2.31

Volta

 

0.05 ± 0.11

0.11 ± 0.20

Brong Ahafo

 

0.21 ± 0.13

3.47 ± 2.55

Western

0.19 ± 0.14

  

Eastern

 

0.41 ± 0.28

2.33 ± 1.29

Upper East

 

0.02 ± 0.04

0.08 ± 0.24

Upper West

ND

ND

ND

North

 

0.13 ± 0.23

0.19 ± 0.23

Central

 

0.27 ± 0.16

3.19 ± 2.10

Greater Accra

 

0.47 ± 0.39

1.39 ± 0.76

Overall

 

1.48 ± 0.70

17.67 ± 4.94

  1. Overall fire data on the whole economy, ND no data