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Table 2 The mostly likely clusters of TB cases detected using the purely spatial analysis

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

Data Years

Cluster Areas(n)

Observed Cases

Expected Cases

Relative Risk

p-value

1999

11

138

96.9

1.46

0.013

2000

16

437

333.8

1.42

0.001

2001

2

135

97.6

1.42

0.045

2002

20

193

117.9

1.74

0.001

2003

10

106

55.7

1.98

0.001

2004

12

100

55.1

1.88

0.002

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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