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Table 2 Model selection criteria for the count regression models

From: The best statistical model to estimate predictors of under-five mortality in Ethiopia

Model

Def.

AIC

BIC

Deviance

Poisson

32

30218.3

30460.7

30154.3

NB

33

30198.2

30448.1

30132.2

ZIP

50

29746.6

30125.3

29646.6

ZINB

51

29737.1

30123.3

29635.1

HP

50

29457

29828

29359

HNB

51

29427

29813.2

29325

  1. AIC, Akaike’sinformation criterion; BIC, Bayesian information criterion; HNB, hurdle negative binomial; HP; Hurdle Poisson: NB, negative binomial; ZINB, zero-inflated negative binomial; ZIP, zero-inflated Poisson