Geographical scale	CAR model			Exchangeable model			Non-spatial model
	Malaria	Diarrhoea	ARI	Malaria	Diarrhoea	ARI	Malaria	Diarrhoea	ARI
	aOR (95% BCI)	aOR (95% BCI)	aOR (95% BCI)	aOR (95% BCI)	aOR (95% BCI)	aOR (95% BCI)	aOR (95% BCI)	aOR (95% BCI)	aOR (95% BCI)
National	1.35 (1.08-2.12)*	4.08 (2.68-4.56)*	5.99 (2.21-6.79)*	1.69 (0.87-2.98)	5.85 ( 4.75-9.41)*	7.87 (5.50-11.04)*	1.96 (1.80-2.15)*	2.99 (2.69-3.3)*	5.76 (4.97-6.58)*
Regions
Kampala	1.14 (0.08-3.21)	1.93 (1.63-2.00)*	0.74 (0.25-2.13)	0.98 (0.11-7.49)	2.89 (0.77-5.01)	0.51 (0.05-2.91)
Central 1	0.68 (0.19-2.83)	2.72 (1.88-3.74)*	0.96 (0.13-2.21)	1.01 (0.39-2.82)	3.65 (1.47-4.28)*	0.50 (0.14-1.54)
Central 2	1.48 (0.69-2.43)	1.78 (1.17-1.93)*	1.64 (1.22-3.01)*	0.24 (0.09-1.59)	1.70 (0.65-4.19)	3.27 (0.98-6.49)
Busoga	1.38 (1.10-2.86)*	3.21 (1.18-3.77)*	1.19 (0.17-3.57)	2.12 (1.00-4.81)	0.51 (0.22-1.19)	1.11 (0.42-4.27)
Bukedi	1.49 (0.74-3.58)	1.74 (1.14-2.54)*	1.38 (1.16-1.98)*	2.38 (0.72-6.74)	1.00 (0.34-2.60)	1.14 (0.37-3.42)
Bugisu	0.16 (0.03-1.16)	1.29 (1.03-1.64)*	2.03 (1.79-2.44)*	0.11 (0.03-1.38)	2.25 (0.63-8.62)	2.36 (0.72-5.36)
Teso	1.35 (1.06-2.45)*	3.96 (1.41-5.25)*	2.58 (1.08-3.51)*	0.97 (0.44-2.36)	0.67 (0.25-1.70)	0.26 (0.08-0.70)
Karamoja	1.62 (1.06-4.17)*	3.61 (2.06-4.51)*	4.75 (1.64-5.55)*	1.10 (0.42-2.97)	1.06 (0.36-3.17)	3.11 (1.26-8.82)*
Lango	1.32 (1.05-3.03)*	2.81 (2.48-3.83)*	3.26 (1.07-4.68)*	0.92 (0.42-2.08)	0.94 (0.38-2.67)	0.58 (0.22-1.64)
Acholi	1.36 (1.03-3.30)*	2.82 (2.30-3.79)*	0.62 (0.08-1.95)	1.57 (0.71-4.29)	3.42 (1.17-8.14)*	0.41 (0.10-1.37)
West Nile	1.62 (0.57-2.87)	1.71 (1.09-2.40)*	2.94 (1.96-3.43)*	5.01 (2.20-6.68)*	0.78 (0.27-2.04)	1.58 (0.47-5.52)
Bunyoro	1.10 (1.05-2.49)*	1.55 (0.77-4.49)	0.89 (0.23-1.56)	0.82 (0.08-5.76)	1.51 (0.22-3.26)	1.47 (0.29-9.84)
Tooro	1.13 (0.42-4.19)	2.38 (1.55-3.33)*	2.09 (1.44-2.24)*	1.81 (0.75-4.53)	0.32 (0.11-1.78)	1.25 (0.51-2.95)
Ankole	1.03 (0.14-2.37)	1.74 (1.03-2.64)*	1.84 (1.79-2.06)*	0.74 (0.15-2.68)	0.22 (0.07-1.54)	0.92 (0.20-3.86)
Kigezi	1.01 (0.02-2.31)	1.45 (1.01-1.56)*	1.28 (0.04-1.64)	0.65 (0.08-4.42)	0.27 (0.06-1.20)	0.69 (0.10-3.68)
Spatial parameters	Median (95% BCI)	Median (95% BCI)	Median (95% BCI)	Median (95% BCI)	Median (95% BCI)	Median (95% BCI)
Regional variance of disease regression coefficientsǂ	2.27 (1.32-3.71)	1.34 (0.77-2.25)	3.11 (1.92-5.38)	0.97 (0.36-2.36)	1.00 (0.44-2.45)	1.15 (0.42-2.96)
Range (km)§	2.60 (1.14-7.32)			3.09 (1.00-9.64)
Spatial variance in fever	3.16 (2.91-3.47)			3.04 (2.76-3.32)
DIC	5532.0			5597.0			13770.0