Table 7

Comparison between selected results of statistical correlation analysis and association rule mining

Type

Rule

Rule value: correlation coefficient for correlation rule and (support, confidence, lift) for association rule.

Correlation rule

White male lung cancer and percent population working in the same county as residence

-0.455

Correlation rule

White male lung cancer and percent white population with less educational attainment

0.458

Correlation rule

White male lung cancer and percent white population with high educational attainment

-0.458

Association rule

White male lung cancer mortality is low → percent population working in the same county as residence is high

8.706, 45.45%, 2.27

Association rule

White male lung cancer mortality is high → percent white with less educational attainment is high

8.955%, 46.45%, 2.32

Association rule

White male lung cancer mortality is high → percent white population with high educational attainment is low

8.831%, 45.81%, 2.30

Vinnakota and Lam International Journal of Health Geographics 2006 5:9   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-5-9