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Table 2 Description of all significant fever clusters (p ≤ 0.05) detected by the scan statistic during our test period (23 October 2005 to 21 May 2006)

From: Tracking the spatial diffusion of influenza and norovirus using telehealth data: A spatiotemporal analysis of syndromic data

Year

Week

Location

Number of PCTs involved

Observed calls (O)

Expected calls (E)

O/E

p-value

  

(centroid PCT)

(radius in km)

 

[based on control period]

  

2005

47

Ashton, Leigh and Wigan

8 (20)

34

15

2.23

0.005

 

48

Warrington

8 (22)

42

20

2.15

0.002

 

49

North Lancashire

11 (61)

71

31

2.27

0.001

 

49

Salford

19 (39)

100

57

1.75

0.001

 

50

East Lancashire

29 (72)

214

125

1.71

0.001

 

50

East and North Hertfordshire

2 (22)

18

5

3.33

0.001

 

51

North Lancashire

50 (147)

394

245

1.6

0.001

 

51

South Staffordshire

59 (125)

404

309

1.31

0.01

 

52

Wirral

22 (71)

156

100

1.56

0.001

 

52

Hull

72 (185)

347

278

1.25

0.008

2006

02

Derbyshire County

12 (50)

114

66

1.74

0.001

 

03

Nottingham City

21 (75)

266

170

1.56

0.001

 

03

Telford and Wrekin

20 (74)

191

135

1.42

0.001

 

04

Leicester City

31 (92)

405

276

1.47

0.001

 

04

Shropshire County

15 (64)

175

110

1.59

0.001

 

04

Bath and North East Somerset

31 (140)

325

251

1.29

0.002

 

05

Gloucestershire

76 (154)

937

722

1.30

0.001

 

05

Mid Essex

72 (185)

879

720

1.22

0.001

 

06

Southampton city

69 (164)

889

661

1.34

0.001

 

06

North East Essex

66 (187)

855

660

1.30

0.001

 

07

Torbay

32 (250)

337

251

1.34

0.001

 

07

East Sussex Downs and Weald

68 (194)

549

453

1.21

0.003

 

08

West Sussex

18 (64)

117

72

1.61

0.001

 

08

Oxfordshire

38 (87)

201

149

1.35

0.01

 

09

West Hertfordshire

21 (34)

124

74

1.68

0.001

 

09

Berkshire West

30 (76)

212

148

1.43

0.001

 

14

Northumberland

6 (62)

33

13

2.46

0.001

  1. PCT, Primary Care Trust.