Table 4 Akaike information criterion output – to appear between lines 194 and 195

Chlamydia

Population growth + unemployment + income

− 135

0

0.2893

0.41

Unemployment + income

− 134.92

0.0887

0.2767

0.40

Population change + unemployment + income

−133.912

0.0887

0.2768

0.41

Population growth + population size + unemployment + income

− 133.10

1.9016

0.1118

0.42

Income

− 131.962

3.0279

Population growth + income

−131.096

3.9044

Population size + income

− 130.773

4.2276

Population growth + population size + income

− 129.617

5.3828

Population size

− 105.627

29.3727

Population growth + population size

− 104.388

30.6119

Population growth + population size + unemployment

− 102.558

32.4423

Population growth

−78.0372

56.9630

Population growth + unemployment

−76.0378

58.9624

Intercept of values

−75.4091

59.5911

unemployment

−73.5686

61.4316

Gonorrhea

Population size + unemployment + income

− 324.99

0

0.43552

0.41

Unemployment + incomes

−324.096

0.8944

0.27848

0.38

Population growth + population size + unemployment + income

− 323.004

1.9863

0.16132

0.41

Population growth + unemployment + income

− 322.153

2.8378

Population size + income

−317.481

7.5093

Population growth + population size + income

− 315.911

9.0795

Income

−315.172

9.8185

Population growth + income

−313.239

11.7515

Population size

−303.001

21.9892

Population growth population size

− 301.317

23.6733

Population growth + population size + unemployment

−301.243

23.7476

Intercept of values

− 266.903

58.0875

Population growth

−266.008

58.9828

Unemployment

− 265.217

59.7735

Population growth + unemployment

− 264.630

60.3605

Syphilis

Unemployment + income

− 879.245

0

0.465195

0.43

Population size + unemployment + income

− 877.925

1.3198

0.240561

0.44

Population growth + unemployment + income

−877.397

1.8481

0.18464

0.42

Population growth + population size + unemployment + income

−875.976

3.2695

Income

− 871.049

8.1963

Population size + income

− 870.563

8.6818

Population growth + income

− 869.059

10.1865

Population growth + population size + income

− 868.672

10.5733

Population size

−846.402

32.8431

Population growth + population size

− 844.457

34.7877

Population growth + population size + unemployment

−843.496

35.7494

Intercept of values

− 812.970

66.2754

Population growth

−812.585

66.6605

Unemployment

− 811.029

68.2165

Population growth + unemployment

− 810.843

68.4023

HIV

Unemployment + income

− 250.519

0

0.52521

0.37

Population size + unemployment + income

− 248.600

1.9192

0.20118

0.37

Population growth + unemployment + income

−248.535

1.984

0.19477

0.37

Population growth + population size + unemployment + income

−246.604

3.9144

Income

−239.578

10.9404

Population size + income

− 238.168

12.3504

Population growth + income

−237.742

12.7764

Population growth + population size + income

− 236.476

14.0424

Population size

− 220.601

29.9180

Population growth + population size + unemployment

−219.483

31.0360

Population growth + population size

− 218.810

31.7084

Intercept of values

−197.583

52.9358

Unemployment

−196.471

54.0479

Population growth

−196.324

54.1943

Population growth + unemployment

−195.626

54.8925