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Table 3 Tests of spatial autocorrelation of giardiasis rates at the census sub-division spatial scale.

From: Geographical and temporal distribution of human giardiasis in Ontario, Canada

Disease Measure

Moran's I1 (P-Value)

STD Rates2 (1990–92)

0.002 (0.266)

STD Rates (1993–95)

0.028 (0.004)

STD Rates (1996–98)

0.004 (0.173)

STD Rates (1990–98)

0.007 (0.097)

SEB Rates3 (1990–98)

0.019 (0.008)

  1. 1Inverse distance spatial weight with band width of 0–180 great distance units used for computations 2 Age and sex standardized rates 3 Spatial empirical Bayesian smoothed rates