Table 1

Environmental factors remained after Discriminant Analysis.

Year
Variable
Classification function coefficient
Eigenvalue
BG with WNV/BG without WNV
Grouping accuracy

2002
Percentage of agriculture
0.143
0.226
46/612
86.90%






Total length of streams
0.001









Total size of wetlands
0.001









Constant
-2.124




2003
Percentage of agriculture
0.126
0.202
35/623
84.80%






Total length of streams
0.001









Constant
-1.336




2004
Percentage of agriculture
0.154
0.201
25/633
84.80%






Percentage of water
0.037









Mean slope
1.908









DEM variation
0.049









Constant
-4.261




2005
Percentage of agriculture
0.232
0.24
36/622
90.30%






Total size of wetlands
0.001









Constant
-2.499




2006
Total size of wetlands
0.001
0.157
29/629
85.30%






Human population density
0.001









Constant
-2.141




2007
Percentage of agriculture
0.051
0.195
16/642
88.90%






Total length of streams
0.001









Percentage of water
0.205









Distance to the closest pollutant
0.001









Distance to the closest waste industry
0.003









Constant
-4.709




Their coefficients, eigenvalue, the numbers of census blockgroups with mosquito WNV cases and without WNV cases, and grouping accuracies.

Liu et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2008 7:66   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-7-66

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