Table 2 Geographic variation of prostate cancer incidence using the default (50%) scanning window according to selected study areas across Southern New England, USA, 1994–1998.

1

1,779,267

28,174.1

16,055

0.91

0.0001

2

200,603

13,809.5

2,729

1.27

0.0001

3

115,636

973.1

1,626

1.33

0.0001

4

31,229

36.1

127

0.49

0.0001

5

63,951

382.9

830

1.26

0.0001

6

408,741

37,868.3

3,465

0.81

0.0001

7

200,603

13,809.5

2,729

1.26

0.0001

8

518,190

2,102.5

5,076

1.15

0.0001

9

29,381

497.2

114

0.45

0.0001

10

31,229

36.1

127

0.48

0.0001

11

177,096

865.7

2,194

1.20

0.0001

12

140,890

1,313.8

1,897

1.28

0.0001

13

353,654

2,249.7

3,144

0.86

0.0001

14

64,714

3,261.4

433

0.69

0.0001

15

116,216

713.5

1,293

1.22

0.0001

16

66,477

1,794.5

721

1.39

0.0001

17

168,340

1,699.7

1,366

0.87

0.0001