Onset of a pandemic: characterizing the initial phase of the swine flu (H1N1) epidemic in Israel

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 Global spatial autocorrelation computations using Moran's I values

Week	Moran's I	Z value	P value
1	-0.035	0.398	0.690
2	-0.058	0.107	0.915
3	-	-	-
4	-0.023	0.616	0.538
5	-0.143	-1.019	0.308
6	-0.103	-0.563	0.573
7	0.176	2.752	0.006
8	0.141	2.061	0.039
9	0.004	0.675	0.500
10	0.401	4.787	<0.001
11	0.066	1.299	0.194
All weeks	0.194	4.267	<0.001

Displayed are the values of Moran's I values calculated based on rates and distances between sub-districts of Israel, for each of the initial 11 weeks of the epidemic (but the third week that had no cases). Also displayed is this value for the cumulative rates of all of the weeks. For each value of Moran's I we show the corresponding Z and P values.

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