THE IMPACTS OF WHO REGIONS, GENDER, AND AGE ON THE HIV INCIDENCE IN THE WORLD IN GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH BY LOG-LINEAR MODELS FOR THREE-WAY CONTINGENCY TABLE

Authors : Neriman AKDAM, Neslihan İYİT

Pages : 333-344

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Publication Date : 2023-09-21

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Purpose: Human Immunodeficiency Virus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HIV); incidence is defined as the number of new HIV cases at a time period calculated divided by the number of cases at risk of HIV infection. Contingency tables display frequencies for combinations of two or more categorical variables. In this study, it is aimed to investigate the impacts of WHO regions, gender, and age on HIV incidence all over the world in global public health by log-linear models for a three-way contingency table. Method: Log-linear models are constituted for investigating relationships between categorical variables. In this study, log-linear model for three-way contingency table is fitted to the HIV incidence data all over the world according to the World Health Organization insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(WHO); regions, gender, and age groups taken as the 2019 Global Burden of Disease insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(GBD); study data from Global Health Data Exchange website. Results: The main effects of age, gender and WHO regions, and also two-way interaction effects between age* gender, age* WHO region and gender* WHO regions; three-way interaction effect between age*gender*WHO regions are found statistically significant at significant level. Conclusion: As a conclusion of this study, age, gender, and WHO regions are determined as the main effects with all interaction effects of these variables on the HIV incidence.
Keywords : İnsan İmmün Yetmezlik Virüsü HIV, Log lineer Model, Dünya Sağlık Örgütü, Olumsallık Tablosu

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