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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 10.
Published in final edited form as: Stat Med. 2008 Nov 10;27(25):5111–5142. doi: 10.1002/sim.3342

Table 3.

Precision (r̄T, r̄D and related 95% confidence interval) of cluster detection methods for data with c=0.2 (relative risk=1.2), and sample size 5k and 50k. SaTScanO and SaTScanE only have rT and rD for a data set randomly selected out of the 1000 replicates under each Ha.

size site CEPP Satscan LISA ULS FSSstate
5% 10% 20% O E nor reg county state
rT
5 bladder 0.20 (0.00 , 0.49) 0.37 (0.00 , 0.83) 0.38 (0.00 , 1.00) 0.00 0.00 0.10 (0.05 , 0.14) 0.09 (0.04 , 0.14) 0.15 (0.00 , 0.49) 0.25 (0.00 , 0.88) 0.21 (0.00 , 0.63)
5 cervix 0.12 (0.00 , 0.39) 0.22 (0.00 , 0.64) 0.46 (0.00 , 1.00) 0.00 0.00 0.09 (0.06 , 0.13) 0.05 (0.00 , 0.11) 0.01 (0.00 , 0.08) 0.24 (0.00 , 0.86) 0.20 (0.00 , 0.68)
5 colorectal 0.04 (0.00 , 0.19) 0.07 (0.00 , 0.33) 0.09 (0.00 , 0.43) 0.00 0.00 0.09 (0.05 , 0.13) 0.06 (0.01 , 0.11) 0.04 (0.00 , 0.20) 0.13 (0.00 , 0.62) 0.08 (0.00 , 0.38)
5 kidney 0.09 (0.00 , 0.30) 0.20 (0.00 , 0.55) 0.40 (0.00 , 1.00) 0.00 0.00 0.13 (0.09 , 0.16) 0.05 (0.00 , 0.11) 0.01 (0.00 , 0.06) 0.30 (0.00 , 0.91) 0.35 (0.00 , 0.80)
5 liver 0.14 (0.00 , 0.44) 0.19 (0.00 , 0.60) 0.25 (0.00 , 0.84) 0.00 0.00 0.11 (0.07 , 0.15) 0.06 (0.00 , 0.12) 0.00 (0.00 , 0.03) 0.20 (0.00 , 0.80) 0.16 (0.00 , 0.56)
5 lungf 0.12 (0.00 , 0.47) 0.09 (0.00 , 0.41) 0.04 (0.00 , 0.26) 0.00 0.00 0.10 (0.06 , 0.15) 0.06 (0.01 , 0.12) 0.01 (0.00 , 0.09) 0.08 (0.00 , 0.46) 0.05 (0.00 , 0.27)
5 lungm 0.11 (0.00 , 0.39) 0.27 (0.00 , 0.77) 0.52 (0.00 , 1.00) 0.00 0.00 0.08 (0.05 , 0.10) 0.06 (0.00 , 0.11) 0.03 (0.00 , 0.14) 0.23 (0.00 , 0.82) 0.20 (0.00 , 0.67)
5 prostate 0.15 (0.00 , 0.50) 0.23 (0.00 , 0.71) 0.27 (0.00 , 0.90) 0.02 0.08 0.10 (0.06 , 0.14) 0.06 (0.00 , 0.13) 0.02 (0.00 , 0.11) 0.15 (0.00 , 0.65) 0.11 (0.00 , 0.39)
average 0.12 (0.00 , 0.40) 0.20 (0.00 , 0.61) 0.30 (0.00 , 0.80) 0.00 0.01 0.10 (0.06 , 0.14) 0.06 (0.01 , 0.12) 0.03 (0.00 , 0.15) 0.20 (0.00 , 0.75) 0.17 (0.00 ,0.55)
50 bladder 0.41 (0.25 , 0.57) 0.56 (0.45 , 0.67) 0.76 (0.71 , 0.82) 0.69 0.86 0.28 (0.22 , 0.35) 0.19 (0.15 , 0.23) 0.57 (0.13 , 1.00) 0.75 (0.52 , 0.99) 0.34 (0.00 , 0.73)
50 cervix 0.55 (0.25 , 0.85) 0.48 (0.33 , 0.62) 0.81 (0.74 , 0.88) 0.86 0.82 0.17 (0.13 , 0.22) 0.06 (0.04 , 0.08) 0.49 (0.10 , 0.87) 0.64 (0.44 , 0.84) 0.52 (0.41 , 0.63)
50 colorectal 0.39 (0.09 , 0.68) 0.40 (0.11 , 0.70) 0.47 (0.32 , 0.61) 0.65 0.77 0.20 (0.15 , 0.26) 0.09 (0.06 , 0.12) 0.28 (0.00 , 0.84) 0.56 (0.22 , 0.90) 0.40 (0.24 , 0.55)
50 kidney 0.25 (0.03 , 0.47) 0.37 (0.08 , 0.66) 0.66 (0.47 , 0.85) 0.89 0.42 0.15 (0.11 , 0.19) 0.06 (0.04 , 0.08) 0.33 (0.00 , 0.77) 0.66 (0.45 , 0.87) 0.55 (0.38 , 0.71)
50 liver 0.51 (0.33 , 0.69) 0.49 (0.24 , 0.75) 0.63 (0.47 , 0.78) 0.77 0.94 0.19 (0.14 , 0.23) 0.09 (0.06 , 0.12) 0.25 (0.00 , 0.78) 0.67 (0.48 , 0.86) 0.42 (0.25 , 0.59)
50 lungf 0.70 (0.41 , 0.99) 0.59 (0.20 , 0.98) 0.46 (0.00 , 0.93) 0.69 0.69 0.21 (0.15 , 0.28) 0.10 (0.07 , 0.13) 0.05 (0.00 , 0.32) 0.41 (0.02 , 0.79) 0.30 (0.10 , 0.51)
50 lungm 0.32 (0.16 , 0.47) 0.55 (0.47 , 0.64) 0.95 (0.90 , 1.00) 0.97 0.96 0.11 (0.07 , 0.14) 0.06 (0.03 , 0.08) 0.50 (0.30 , 0.71) 0.60 (0.34 , 0.86) 0.56 (0.33 , 0.79)
50 prostate 0.43 (0.33 , 0.52) 0.52 (0.45 , 0.60) 0.70 (0.59 , 0.82) 0.74 0.59 0.18 (0.13 , 0.23) 0.07 (0.04 , 0.09) 0.34 (0.00 , 0.81) 0.34 (0.04 , 0.63) 0.28 (0.16 , 0.40)
average 0.44 (0.23 , 0.66) 0.50 (0.29 , 0.70) 0.68 (0.52 , 0.84) 0.78 0.76 0.19 (0.14 , 0.24) 0.09 (0.06 , 0.12) 0.35 (0.07 , 0.76) 0.58 (0.31 , 0.84) 0.42 (0.24 , 0.61)
rD
5 bladder 0.59 (0.00 , 1.00) 0.51 (0.00 , 1.00) 0.24 (0.00 , 0.67) 0.00 0.00 0.11 (0.06 , 0.15) 0.16 (0.03 , 0.29) 0.31 (0.00 , 1.00) 0.30 (0.00 , 1.00) 0.51 (0.00 , 1.00)
5 cervix 0.33 (0.00 , 1.00) 0.29 (0.00 , 0.86) 0.32 (0.00 , 0.82) 0.00 0.00 0.18 (0.13 , 0.24) 0.19 (0.09 , 0.30) 0.04 (0.00 , 0.32) 0.22 (0.00 , 0.80) 0.37 (0.00 , 1.00)
5 colorectal 0.10 (0.00 , 0.51) 0.10 (0.00 , 0.44) 0.06 (0.00 , 0.28) 0.00 0.00 0.11 (0.06 , 0.15) 0.12 (0.03 , 0.22) 0.10 (0.00 , 0.45) 0.12 (0.00 , 0.60) 0.18 (0.00 , 0.86)
5 kidney 0.30 (0.00 , 0.98) 0.31 (0.00 , 0.80) 0.27 (0.00 , 0.65) 0.00 0.00 0.28 (0.22 , 0.34) 0.22 (0.11 , 0.33) 0.04 (0.00 , 0.28) 0.37 (0.00 , 1.00) 0.65 (0.00 , 1.00)
5 liver 0.32 (0.00 , 0.96) 0.23 (0.00 , 0.72) 0.14 (0.00 , 0.48) 0.00 0.00 0.17 (0.11 , 0.22) 0.17 (0.08 , 0.27) 0.01 (0.00 , 0.11) 0.19 (0.00 , 0.78) 0.28 (0.00 , 1.00)
5 lungf 0.21 (0.00 , 0.82) 0.09 (0.00 , 0.44) 0.02 (0.00 , 0.13) 0.00 0.00 0.10 (0.06 , 0.15) 0.12 (0.03 , 0.20) 0.03 (0.00 , 0.19) 0.07 (0.00 , 0.44) 0.12 (0.00 , 0.62)
5 lungm 0.37 (0.00 , 1.00) 0.50 (0.00 , 1.00) 0.52 (0.00 , 1.00) 0.00 0.00 0.22 (0.16 , 0.28) 0.27 (0.14 , 0.39) 0.16 (0.00 , 0.78) 0.23 (0.00 , 0.84) 0.38 (0.00 , 1.00)
5 prostate 0.34 (0.00 , 1.00) 0.27 (0.00 , 0.86) 0.17 (0.00 , 0.57) 0.92 0.98 0.16 (0.11 , 0.22) 0.15 (0.07 , 0.23) 0.06 (0.00 , 0.42) 0.18 (0.00 , 0.75) 0.33 (0.00 , 1.00)
average 0.32 (0.00 , 0.91) 0.29 (0.00 , 0.76) 0.22 (0.00 , 0.58) 0.12 0.12 0.17 (0.11 , 0.22) 0.17 (0.07 , 0.28) 0.09 (0.00 , 0.44) 0.21 (0.00 , 0.78) 0.35 (0.00 ,0.94)
50 bladder 0.89 (0.79 , 0.99) 0.78 (0.70 , 0.86) 0.48 (0.41 , 0.55) 0.77 0.52 0.39 (0.33 , 0.46) 0.19 (0.12 , 0.27) 0.46 (0.01 , 0.91) 0.93 (0.74 , 1.00) 0.99 (0.94 , 1.00)
50 cervix 0.76 (0.64 , 0.89) 0.64 (0.53 , 0.75) 0.55 (0.51 , 0.59) 0.50 0.69 0.45 (0.36 , 0.53) 0.15 (0.09 , 0.22) 0.43 (0.07 , 0.79) 0.89 (0.63 , 1.00) 0.99 (0.91 , 1.00)
50 colorectal 0.50 (0.31 , 0.69) 0.47 (0.26 , 0.67) 0.31 (0.21 , 0.42) 0.45 0.47 0.34 (0.26 , 0.43) 0.13 (0.07 , 0.19) 0.15 (0.00 , 0.45) 0.79 (0.44 , 1.00) 0.92 (0.74 , 1.00)
50 kidney 0.88 (0.64 , 1.00) 0.56 (0.45 , 0.68) 0.44 (0.39 , 0.48) 0.41 0.60 0.43 (0.35 , 0.51) 0.25 (0.18 , 0.32) 0.34 (0.00 , 0.77) 0.93 (0.76 , 1.00) 0.97 (0.88 , 1.00)
50 liver 0.67 (0.57 , 0.78) 0.49 (0.36 , 0.62) 0.36 (0.28 , 0.45) 0.73 0.63 0.38 (0.31 , 0.46) 0.20 (0.13 , 0.27) 0.20 (0.00 , 0.65) 0.89 (0.62 , 1.00) 0.95 (0.74 , 1.00)
50 lungf 0.67 (0.54 , 0.80) 0.42 (0.22 , 0.62) 0.18 (0.00 , 0.40) 0.87 0.87 0.32 (0.23 , 0.40) 0.13 (0.07 , 0.19) 0.02 (0.00 , 0.14) 0.80 (0.39 , 1.00) 0.88 (0.62 , 1.00)
50 lungm 0.99 (0.92 , 1.00) 0.98 (0.93 , 1.00) 0.91 (0.82 , 1.00) 0.87 0.89 0.45 (0.36 , 0.55) 0.19 (0.12 , 0.26) 0.61 (0.32 , 0.90) 0.89 (0.62 , 1.00) 1.00 (0.93 , 1.00)
50 prostate 0.91 (0.79 , 1.00) 0.61 (0.53 , 0.69) 0.45 (0.33 , 0.57) 0.70 0.74 0.40 (0.32 , 0.49) 0.13 (0.08 , 0.18) 0.28 (0.00 , 0.70) 0.92 (0.68 , 1.00) 0.98 (0.86 , 1.00)
average 0.79 (0.65 , 0.90) 0.62 (0.50 , 0.74) 0.46 (0.37 , 0.56) 0.66 0.68 0.40 (0.31 , 0.48) 0.17 (0.11 , 0.24) 0.31 (0.05 , 0.66) 0.88 (0.61 , 1.00) 0.96 (0.83 ,1.00)