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Using Australian data on reported cryptosporidiosis from 2001 to 2012, we spatially linked disease data to an index of geographic remoteness to examine the geographic variation in cryptosporidiosis risk using negative binomial regression. The Incidence Risk Ratio (IRR) of reported cryptosporidiosis was higher in inner regional (IRR 1.4 95% CI 1.2\u20131.7, p &lt; 0.001), and outer regional areas (IRR 2.4 95% CI 2.2\u20132.9, p &lt; 0.001), and in remote (IRR 5.2 95% CI 4.3\u20136.2, p &lt; 0.001) and very remote (IRR 8.2 95% CI 6.9\u20139.8, p &lt; 0.001) areas, compared to major cities. A linear test for trend showed a statistically significant trend with increasing remoteness. 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