Issues in the Current Practices of Spatial Cluster Detection and Exploring Alternative Methods
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Spatial Cluster Detection
2.1. What Are Spatial Clusters?
2.2. Current Practices of Spatial Cluster Detection
3. Limitations of Using Local SA Statistics for HSCS Detection
3.1. Nature of Local SA Statistics
3.2. Nature of Statistical Estimates
4. Alternatives to Existing Hot Spot and Cold Spot Detection Tools
4.1. Class Separability Classification as a HSCS Detection Tool
4.2. Heuristic HSCS Identification Method
5. Heuristic HSCS Detection in Action
5.1. An Empirical Example
5.2. Simulated Data
6. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Top Rank | States | Obesity Rate | Bottom Rank | States | Obesity Rate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Arkansas (AR) | 35.90 | 1 | Colorado (CO) | 21.30 |
2 | West Virginia (WV) | 35.70 | 2 | District of Columbia (DC) | 21.70 |
3 | Mississippi (MS) | 35.50 | 3 | Massachusetts (MA) | 23.30 |
4 | Louisiana (LA) | 34.90 | 4 | California (CA) | 24.70 |
5 | Alabama (AL) | 33.50 | 5 | Vermont (VT) | 24.80 |
6 | Oklahoma (OK) | 33.00 | 6 | Utah (UT) | 25.70 |
7 | Indiana (IN) | 32.70 | 7 | Florida (FL) | 26.20 |
8 | Ohio (OH) | 32.60 | 8 | Connecticut (CT) | 26.30 |
9 | North Dakota (ND) | 32.30 | 9 | Montana (MT) | 26.40 |
10 | South Carolina (SC) | 32.10 | 10 | New Jersey (NJ) | 26.90 |
11 | Texas (TX) | 31.90 | 11 | New York (NY) | 27.00 |
12 | Kentucky (KY) | 31.60 | 12 | Rhode Island (RI) | 27.00 |
Obesity Hot-Spot States | Alabama (AL) | Arkansas (AR) | Louisiana (LA) | Mississippi (MS) | |
Arkansas (AR) | 0.07 * | ||||
Louisiana (LA) | 0.20 | 0.45 | |||
Mississippi (MS) | 0.13 | 0.79 | 0.65 | ||
Florida (FL) | 0.01 * | ||||
Georgia (GA) | 0.01 * | ||||
Missouri (MO) | 0.01 * | ||||
Oklahoma (OK) | 0.02 * | ||||
Tennessee (TN) | 0.07 * | 0.01 * | 0.01 * | ||
Texas (TX) | 0.01 * | 0.01 * | |||
Obesity Cold-Spot States | Connecticut (CT) | Massachusetts (MA) | New Hampshire (NH) | Rhode Island (RI) | Vermont (VT) |
Massachusetts (MA) | 0.01 * | 0.00 * | |||
New Hampshire (NH) | 0.33 | 0.01 * | |||
Rhode Island (RI) | 0.52 | 0.01 * | 0.86 | ||
Vermont (VT) | 0.12 | 0.08 # | 0.02 * | 0.04 * | |
Maine (ME) | 0.46 | ||||
New York (NY) | 0.50 | 0.01 * | 0.03 * |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleWong, David W. S. 2021. "Issues in the Current Practices of Spatial Cluster Detection and Exploring Alternative Methods" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 18: 9848. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189848