Table 8. Matrix of Values for Data Streams.
| Accessibility | Cost | Credibility | Flexibility | Geo./Pop. Coverage | Granularity | Integrability | Specificity of Detection | Sustainability | Time to Indication | Timeliness | |
| Ambulance/EMT Records | Medium | Medium | Medium | High | Global | Individual | Extremely | Low | Yes | Medium | Fast |
| Clinic/Healthcare Provider Records | Medium | Medium | High | High | Global | Individual | Extremely | High | Yes | Medium | Fast |
| ED/Hospital Records | Medium | Medium | High | High | Global | Individual | Extremely | High | Yes | Medium | Fast |
| Employment/School Records | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low | Global | Community | Moderately | Low | Yes | Indirect | Fast |
| Established Databases | Easy | Low | Low | High | Global | Community | Highly | Indirect | Yes | Long | Slow |
| Financial Records | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Regional | Community | Moderately | Indirect | Yes | Long | Intermediate |
| Help Lines | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Local | Community | Moderately | Medium | Yes | Near Real Time | Fast |
| Internet Search Queries | Easy | Low | Medium | High | Global | Community | Moderately | Medium | Yes | Near Real Time | Near Real Time |
| Laboratory Records | Medium | Medium | High | Medium | Global | Individual | Highly | High | Yes | Medium | Fast |
| News Aggregators | Easy | Low | Low | High | Global | Community | Moderately | Low | Yes | Near Real Time | Near Real Time |
| Official Reports | Easy | Medium | High | High | Global | Community | Moderately | High | Yes | Long | Intermediate |
| Personal Communication | Easy | Medium | Medium | High | Global | Individual | Not Very | High | Yes | Long | Fast |
| Police/Fire Department Records | Difficult | Medium | Low | Low | Global | Individual | Moderately | Indirect | Yes | Medium | Fast |
| Prediction Markets | Difficult | High | Low | Low | Global | Regional | Moderately | Medium | No | Indirect | Fast |
| Sales | Medium | Medium | Low | High | Regional | Community | Moderately | Low | Yes | Medium | Fast |
| Social Media | Easy | Low | Low | High | Global | Individual | Moderately | Low | Yes | Near Real Time | Near Real Time |