Table 2. Independent variables retained following the discriminant analysis comparing census tracts with no reported cases of LACV infection to those census tracts with at least one reported case of LACV infection and selected model parameters.
Independent variable | Mean for census tracts | Standardized canonical discriminant function coefficients | Eigenvalue | Canonical correlation | Grouping accuracy (%) | |
0 LACV cases | > 0 LACV cases | |||||
< HSD1/GED2 (% of the population) | 24.45 | 29.70 | 0.766 | 0.043 | 0.203 | 62.7 |
Housing density (units/km2) | 211.46 | 72.59 | −0.492 |
HSD: High school diploma.
GED: General education diploma.