Evaluation of threshold selection methods for adaptive kernel density estimation in disease mapping

Table 3 Descriptive results and calculated thresholds stratified by age group

Age groups	Total population	Range	No. of ZCTAs	Calculated thresholds				% ZCTAs with specified minimum population
Age groups	Total population	Range	No. of ZCTAs	h _pi	h _scv	h _ns	Median	≤ 100 (%)	≤ 300 (%)
35–44	1,722,904	[1, 7925]	1911	53	56	280	327	32	48
45–54	1,702,639	[1, 7407]	1910	57	55	255	399	28	45
55–64	1,256,976	[1, 4948]	1906	44	41	177	342	30	48
65+	1,135,517	[1, 4792]	1902	41	40	156	330	28	48
Total (35 +)	5,818,036	[1, 22,555]	1920	200	189	837	1411	14	25

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