Table 3

Global indices of spatial autocorrelation

Indices

Year

Moran's I

Geary's C

Pattern

2001

0.02^a

0.95^a

Clustered

2002

0.38^a

0.79^a

Clustered

2003

0.32^a

0.75^a

Clustered

2004

0.40^a

0.77^a

Clustered

2005

0.39^a

0.76^a

Clustered

2006

0.40^a

0.72^a

Clustered

note a: the corresponding p-value is < 0.01

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