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Table 2 The number of significant clusters detected with high diabetes diagnosis rates of male adults with age adjustment at optimized value of the MRCS when using different types of data from the KCHS 2018 data (see Fig. 2)

From: A simulation study for geographic cluster detection analysis on population-based health survey data using spatial scan statistics

Type of data

MRCS

Number of significant clusters

Individual-level data

 Frequency

10

1

 Weighted frequency

2

53

Aggregate-level data

 Age-standardized rate

10

1