Table 8 Summary of hierarchical cluster analysis by different models
From: Differentiating anomalous disease intensity with confounding variables in space
Risk | Without adjustment | Adjustment for race | |
|---|---|---|---|
SMR model | Poisson model | ||
Higher rates | Northeast (6 counties: 5 Level-H1, 1 Level-H2) with incidence of 4.98 South (6 counties: 1 Level-H1, 5 Level-H2) with incidence of 4.06 Mid-East (6 counties: 1 Level-H1, 5 Level-H3) with incidence of 3.09 | None | None |
Lower rates | East (3 counties: 3 Level-L1) with incidence of 0.0 Northwest (6 counties: 4 Level-L1, 2 Level-L2) with incidence of 0.28 Mid-West (9 counties: 1 Level-L1, 8 Level-L2) with incidence of 0.70 | East (3 counties: 3 Level-LS1) with incidence of 0.0 Northwest (3 counties: 3 Level-LS1) with incidence of 0.0 Mid-West (8 counties: 1 Level-LS1, 7 Level-LS2) with incidence of 0.79 | Mid-West (6 counties: 6 Level-LP1) with incidence of 0.71 North (3 counties: 2 Level-LP1, 1 Level-LP2) with incidence of 0.96 Mid-East (10 counties: 1 Level-LP1, 6 Level-LP2, 3 Level-LP2) with incidence of 1.40 |