Geographic prediction of tuberculosis clusters in Fukuoka, Japan, using the space-time scan statistic

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Table 1 Summary of the data sets

Data type	Ages	Geographic area	Spatial resolution	Locations (n)	Year	Total cases(n)	Male cases(n)	Female cases(n)
Incidence	All	Fukuoka, Japan	Towns	109	1999	1,845	1,156	689
Incidence	All	Fukuoka, Japan	Towns	109	2000	1,613	1,050	563
Incidence	All	Fukuoka, Japan	Towns	109	2001	1,553	993	560
Incidence	All	Fukuoka, Japan	Towns	109	2002	1,415	899	516
Incidence	All	Fukuoka, Japan	Towns	109	2003	1,398	829	569
Incidence	All	Fukuoka, Japan	Towns	109	2004	1,295	806	489

Source. Fukuoka Prefectural Government: Statistics of TB 2005 in Fukuoka Prefecture.

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