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Table 1 The hot spot clusters

From: Power evaluation of disease clustering tests

 

Counties

Counties included

E [c|H0]

E [c|H A ]

Relative

risk

Rural clusters

1

Grand Isle, VT

0.05

10

192.89

 

2

above + Franklin, VT

0.46

12

27.03

 

4

above + Clinton, NY, Chittenden, VT

2.69

18

7.05

 

8

above + Lamoille, VT, Washington, VT, Essex, NY, Addison, VT

4.16

22

5.35

 

16

above + Orleans, VT, Franklin, NY, Caledonia, VT, Orange, VT, Essex, VT, Rutland,

VT, Warren, NY, Windsor, VT

7.32

28

3.90

Mixed clusters

1

Allegheny, PA

14.43

39

2.85

 

2

above + Washington, PA

16.41

42

2.70

 

4

above + Beaver, PA, Westmoreland, PA

22.52

51

2.40

 

8

above + Butler, PA, Armstrong, PA, Lawrence, PA, Fayette, PA

27.47

58

2.24

 

16

above + Greene, PA, Indiana, PA, Clarion, PA, Mercer, PA, Somerset, PA,

Venango, PA, Cambria, PA, Jefferson, PA

34.22

67

2.10

Urban clusters

1

New York, NY

15.97

42

2.73

 

2

above + Hudson, NJ

21.78

50

2.43

 

4

above + Bronx, NY, Kings, NY

59.99

100

1.81

 

8

above + Queens, NY, Bergen, NJ, Essex, NJ, Richmond, NY

101.96

150

1.63

 

16

above + Union, NJ. Nassau, NY, Passaic, NJ, Rockland, NY, Westchester, NY,

Morris, NJ, Middlesex, NJ, Monmouth, NJ

154.94

209

1.53