Fitted values of negative log-likelihood from variations of Model 2, estimates of overdispersion parameter and p values from test of deviance of distance2 model against model with no distance term
| Model | Childhood cancer incidence | Childhood leukaemia incidence | Leukaemia incidence | Liver cancer incidence | Lung cancer incidence | Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma incidence | All cause mortality | Infant mortality | Liver cancer mortality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No distance term | 2918.38 | 1465.02 | 5740.09 | 4297.94 | 9732.72 | 6290.70 | 31008.23 | 5135.37 | 4025.09 |
| Distance | 2917.86 | 1464.54 | 5740.02 | 4297.78 | 9727.92 | 6288.62 | 31000.02 | 5131.38 | 4024.85 |
| Distance2 | 2917.61 | 1464.42 | 5739.42 | 4297.75 | 9726.14 | 6288.50 | 30997.28 | 5131.18 | 4024.79 |
| Overdispersion parameter estimate | 1.05 | 1.05 | 1.02 | 1.06 | 1.44 | 1.01 | 13.06 | 1.33 | 1.04 |
| Deviance p value | 0.48 | 0.56 | 0.52 | 0.84 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.43 | 0.04 | 0.75 |