Table 5 |
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Number of counties where the difference between cancer mortality rates is declared significant (two-tailed test). Results are reported for the two test statistics that performed best in simulation studies. Significance levels are either unadjusted or reduced using the Bonferroni correction, the Holm's procedure or the False Discovery Rate (FDR) approach. Agreement refers to the number of counties declared significant by both tests. |
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Test statistic |
α = 0.01 |
α = 0.05 |
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Unadj. |
Bonf. |
Holm |
FDR |
Unadj. |
Bonf. |
Holm |
FDR |
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Prostate |
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DispI |
385 |
176 |
184 |
362 |
462 |
213 |
222 |
430 |
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DispVI |
372 |
167 |
170 |
350 |
452 |
200 |
209 |
422 |
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Agreement |
372 |
167 |
170 |
350 |
452 |
200 |
209 |
422 |
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Lung |
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DispI |
70 |
13 |
13 |
26 |
136 |
19 |
19 |
48 |
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DispVI |
66 |
13 |
13 |
25 |
134 |
19 |
19 |
48 |
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Agreement |
66 |
13 |
13 |
25 |
134 |
19 |
19 |
48 |
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Goovaerts et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2007 6:32 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-6-32 |
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