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Figure 7

From: Geographical clustering of lung cancer in the province of Lecce, Italy: 1992–2001

Figure 7

Risk maps for the whole Apulia based on BYM model (MALES, lung cancer mortality, 1992–2001). MCMC estimates of posterior probability δ i = Pr{θ i > 1|Y} and relative risk θ i were reported for each area: for δ i a scale of 10 equidistant intervals was used, at variance with relative risks for which quintile based maps were drawn. A fully Bayesian BYM model was used for relative risk estimation. The geographical position of the province of Lecce was highlighted by means of a rectangular box. Areas in which > 1 and the corresponding Bayesian 95% credible intervals for relative risks excluded unity were highlighted by means of a dot; areas located outside the province of Lecce, and in which the corresponding relative risk resulted to be significant in the above defined sense, were explicitly marked by an arrow.

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