Table 1

Results of local cluster analysis of mortality rate and risk maps. Number of counties classified as significant spatial clusters or outliers for breast and pancreatic cancers on the original mortality rate maps, kriged risk maps, and on average over the 500 simulated risk maps.

Maps

HH cluster

LL cluster

HL Outlier

LH outlier


Breast cancer

Mortality rates

20

39

2

1

Risk estimates

35

50

0

0

Simulation

37.2

48.2

0.18

0.07

Pancreatic cancer

Mortality rates

5

16

7

0

Risk estimates

42

60

0

0

Simulation

44.5

51.0

0.24

0.08


Goovaerts International Journal of Health Geographics 2006 5:7   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-5-7

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