Table 2. Example Summaries of Clusters of Late-Stage Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer, by Method, Scale, and Aggregation, Florida 2006–2010a .
| Scale, (%) | Location | Cluster |
Local |
P Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block Group | Census Tract | Block Group, Range (SD) | Census Tract, Range (SD) | Block Group | Census Tract | ||||||
| Black Cluster Summary (Bernoulli Method) | |||||||||||
| 1 | Area A | No cluster | 1.60 | No cluster | 0–1.7 (0.8) | No cluster | .18 | ||||
| 2 | 1.55 | 1.48 | 0–1.7 (0.6) | 0–1.7 (0.8) | .10 | .06 | |||||
| 5 | 1.37 | 1.43 | 0–1.7 (0.7) | 0–1.7 (0.8) | .04 | .05 | |||||
| 10 | 1.37 | 1.43 | 0–1.7 (0.7) | 0–1.7 (0.8) | .04 | .05 | |||||
| 15 | 1.37 | 1.43 | 0–1.7 (0.7) | 0–1.7 (0.8) | .04 | .05 | |||||
| 20 | 1.37 | No cluster | 0–1.7 (0.7) | No cluster | .04 | .05 | |||||
| 25 | 1.37 | 0–1.7 (0.7) | .04 | No cluster | |||||||
| 30 | 1.37 | 0–1.7 (0.7) | .04 | ||||||||
| 35 | 1.37 | 0–1.7 (0.7) | .04 | ||||||||
| 40 | 1.37 | 0–1.7 (0.7) | .04 | ||||||||
| 45 | 1.37 | 0–1.7 (0.7) | .04 | ||||||||
| 50 | 1.38 | 0–1.7 (0.7) | .04 | ||||||||
| 20 | Area A, plus a significantly larger region | No cluster | 1.19 | No cluster | 0–1.7 (0.7) | No cluster | .05 | ||||
| 25 | 1.19 | 0–1.7 (0.7) | .05 | ||||||||
| 30 | 1.19 | 0–1.7 (0.7) | .05 | ||||||||
| 35 | 1.19 | 0–1.7 (0.7) | .05 | ||||||||
| 40 | 1.19 | 0–1.7 (0.7) | .05 | ||||||||
| 45 | 1.19 | 0–1.7 (0.7) | .05 | ||||||||
| 50 | 1.19 | 0–1.7 (0.7) | .05 | ||||||||
| 50 | Area B | No cluster | 1.59 | No cluster | 0–1.7 (0.8) | No cluster | .56 | ||||
| Black Cluster Summary (Poisson Method) | |||||||||||
| 1 | Area A subsection 1 | No cluster | 4.00 | No cluster | 1.7–6.4 (1.7) | No cluster | .03 | ||||
| 2 | No cluster | 4.00 | No cluster | 1.7–6.4 (1.7) | No cluster | .03 | |||||
| 5 | Area A | 1.55 | 1.43 | 0–45.3 (4.1) | 0–1.7 (0.8) | .27 | .05 | ||||
| 10 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 0–45.3 (4.6) | 0–33.3 (4.2) | .12 | .03 | |||||
| 15 | 1.51 | 1.53 | 0–45.3 (4.6) | 0–33.3 (4.2) | .12 | .03 | |||||
| 20 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 0–45.3 (4.6) | 0–33.3 (4.2) | .12 | .03 | |||||
| 25 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 0–45.3 (4.6) | 0–33.3 (4.2) | .12 | .03 | |||||
| 25 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 0–45.3 (4.6) | 0–33.3 (4.2) | .12 | .03 | |||||
| 30 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 0–45.3 (4.6) | 0–33.3 (4.2) | .12 | .03 | |||||
| 35 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 0–45.3 (4.6) | 0–33.3 (4.2) | .12 | .03 | |||||
| 40 | 1.51 | 1.53 | 0–45.3 (4.6) | 0–33.3 (4.2) | .12 | .03 | |||||
| 45 | 1.51 | 1.53 | 0–45.3 (4.6) | 0–33.3 (4.2) | .12 | .03 | |||||
| 50 | No cluster | 1.53 | No cluster | 0–33.3 (4.2) | No cluster | .03 | |||||
| 1 | Area G subsection 1 | No cluster | 0 | No cluster | 0 | No cluster | .26 | ||||
| 1 | Area G subsection 2 | 0 | No cluster | 0 | No cluster | .48 | No cluster | ||||
| 2 | 0 | No cluster | 0 | No cluster | .48 | No cluster | |||||
| 2 | Area H | 0.35 | No cluster | 0–32.4 (2.0) | No cluster | .32 | No cluster | ||||
| 5 | Area G | 0.38 | No cluster | 0–32.4 (2.1) | No cluster | <.001 | No cluster | ||||
| 10 | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0–32.4 (2.1) | 0–11.2 (1.2) | <.001 | <.001 | |||||
| 15 | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0–32.4 (2.1) | 0–11.2 (1.2) | <.001 | <.001 | |||||
| 20 | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0–32.4 (2.1) | 0–11.2 (1.2) | <.001 | <.001 | |||||
| 25 | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0–32.4 (2.1) | 0–11.2 (1.2) | <.001 | <.001 | |||||
| 35 | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0–32.4 (2.1) | 0–11.2 (1.2) | <.001 | <.001 | |||||
| 40 | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0–32.4 (2.1) | 0–11.2 (1.2) | <.001 | <.001 | |||||
| 45 | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0–32.4 (2.1) | 0–11.2 (1.2) | <.001 | <.001 | |||||
| 50 | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0–32.4 (2.1) | 0–11.2 (1.2) | <.001 | <.001 | |||||
| Cuban Cluster Summary (Bernoulli Method) | |||||||||||
| 1 | Area A subsection 1 | 1.61 | 1.61 | 0–1.6 (0.72) | 0–1.6 (0.76) | .40 | .95 | ||||
| 2 | Area A subsection 2 | 1.61 | 1.62 | 0–1.6 (0.56) | 0–1.6 (0.76) | .61 | .48 | ||||
| 5 | 1.61 | 1.62 | 0–1.6 (0.56) | 0–1.6 (0.76) | .68 | .53 | |||||
| 10 | 1.61 | 1.62 | 0–1.6 (0.56) | 0–1.6 (0.76) | .70 | .56 | |||||
| 15 | 1.61 | 1.62 | 0–1.6 (0.56) | 0–1.6 (0.76) | .70 | .56 | |||||
| 20 | 1.61 | 1.62 | 0–1.6 (0.56) | 0–1.6 (0.76) | .70 | .57 | |||||
| 25 | 1.61 | 1.62 | 0–1.6 (0.56) | 0–1.6 (0.76) | .71 | .57 | |||||
| 30 | 1.61 | 1.62 | 0–1.6 (0.56) | 0–1.6 (0.76) | .71 | .57 | |||||
| 35 | 1.61 | 1.62 | 0–1.6 (0.56) | 0–1.6 (0.76) | .71 | .57 | |||||
| 40 | 1.61 | 1.62 | 0–1.6 (0.56) | 0–1.6 (0.76) | .71 | .58 | |||||
| 45 | 1.61 | 1.62 | 0–1.6 (0.56) | 0–1.6 (0.76) | .70 | .58 | |||||
| 50 | 1.61 | 1.62 | 0–1.6 (0.56) | 0–1.6 (0.76) | .90 | .58 | |||||
| Hispanic White Cluster Summary (Bernoulli Method) | |||||||||||
| 1 | Area A | 1.55 | 1.53 | 0–1.7 (0.80) | 0–1.7 (0.71) | .24 | .12 | ||||
| 2 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 0–1.7 (0.80) | 0–1.7 (0.71) | .27 | .14 | |||||
| 5 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 0–1.7 (0.80) | 0–1.7 (0.71) | .29 | .16 | |||||
| 10 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 0–1.7 (0.80) | 0–1.7 (0.71) | .30 | .16 | |||||
| 15 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 0–1.7 (0.80) | 0–1.7 (0.71) | .30 | .16 | |||||
| 20 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 0–1.7 (0.80) | 0–1.7 (0.71) | .30 | .16 | |||||
| 25 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 0–1.7 (0.80) | 0–1.7 (0.71) | .30 | .16 | |||||
| 30 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 0–1.7 (0.80) | 0–1.7 (0.71) | .30 | .16 | |||||
| 35 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 0–1.7 (0.80) | 0–1.7 (0.71) | .30 | .16 | |||||
| 40 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 0–1.7 (0.80) | 0–1.7 (0.71) | .30 | .16 | |||||
| 45 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 0–1.7 (0.80) | 0–1.7 (0.71) | .30 | .16 | |||||
| 50 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 0–1.7 (0.80) | 0–1.7 (0.71) | .30 | .16 | |||||
| Hispanic White Summary (Poisson Method) | |||||||||||
| 10 | Area A | No cluster | 1.41 | No cluster | 0–10.0 (1.70) | No cluster | <.001 | ||||
| 25 | 1.41 | 1.38 | 0–50.7 (3.67) | 0–10.04 (1.46) | <.001 | <.001 | |||||
| 30 | 1.41 | 1.36 | 0–50.7 (3.67) | 0–42.1 (2.72) | <.001 | <.001 | |||||
| 35 | 1.40 | No cluster | 0–10.0 (1.29) | No cluster | <.001 | No cluster | |||||
| 40 | 1.41 | No cluster | 0–42.1 (2.71) | No cluster | <.001 | No cluster | |||||
| 45 | 1.40 | No cluster | 0–82.7 (3.85) | No cluster | <.001 | No cluster | |||||
| 50 | 1.40 | 1.37 | 0–82.7 (3.85) | 0–104.4 (4.72) | <.001 | <.001 | |||||
| 25 | Area a (high risk)b | 1.54 | No cluster | 0–5.0 (1.02) | No cluster | .07 | No cluster | ||||
| 30 | 1.54 | No cluster | 0–5.0 (1.02) | No cluster | .07 | No cluster | |||||
| 2 | Area A subsection 1 | No cluster | 2.00 | No cluster | 0–10.0 (2.48) | No cluster | .05 | ||||
| 5 | 1.57 | 1.51 | 0–27.2 (3.41) | 0–10.0 (1.90) | .02 | <.001 | |||||
| 10 | 1.46 | No cluster | 0–27.2 (3.18) | No cluster | <.001 | No cluster | |||||
| 15 | 1.37 | 1.43 | 0–50.7 (3.57) | 0–10.0 (1.52) | <.001 | <.001 | |||||
| 20 | 1.43 | 1.36 | 0–50.7 (4.29) | 0–10.0 (1.50) | <.001 | <.001 | |||||
| 35 | No cluster | 1.31 | No cluster | 0–121.4 (7.77) | No cluster | .15 | |||||
| 40 | No cluster | 1.49 | No cluster | 0–25.7 (2.89) | No cluster | .33 | |||||
| 45 | No cluster | 1.49 | No cluster | 0–25.7 (2.89) | No cluster | .33 | |||||
| 5 | Area A subsection 2 | 1.58 | 1.49 | 0–52.2 (6.34) | 0–6.6 (1.27) | .02 | .26 | ||||
| 10 | 1.58 | No cluster | 0–41.1 (5.10) | No cluster | .48 | No cluster | |||||
| 15 | 1.39 | 1.41 | 0–44.64 (3.43) | 0–6.79 (1.09) | <.001 | <.001 | |||||
| 20 | 1.41 | 1.40 | 0–16.2 (1.91) | 0–4.92 (0.79) | .04 | .06 | |||||
| 35 | No cluster | 1.36 | No cluster | 0–10.0 (1.29) | No cluster | <.001 | |||||
| 40 | No cluster | 1.37 | No cluster | 0–10.0 (1.25) | No cluster | <.001 | |||||
| 45 | No cluster | 1.37 | No cluster | 0–10.0 (1.25) | No cluster | <.001 | |||||
| 5 | Area A subsection 3 | 1.71 | No cluster | 0–44.4 (5.52) | No cluster | .03 | No cluster | ||||
| 15 | Area C | 1.56 | 1.68 | 0–21.7 (2.96) | 0–15.3 (1.05) | .12 | .08 | ||||
| 20 | 1.68 | No cluster | 0–22.11 (3.02) | No cluster | .04 | No cluster | |||||
| 25 | No cluster | 1.53 | No cluster | 0–15.0 (2.01) | No cluster | .17 | |||||
| 30 | No cluster | 1.55 | No cluster | 0–22.0 (3.01) | No cluster | .09 | |||||
| 35 | 1.72 | 1.58 | 0–15.2 (2.04) | 0–15.4 (2.07) | .05 | .04 | |||||
| 40 | 1.61 | 1.61 | 0–47.3 (3.97) | 0–15.7 (2.10) | .04 | .01 | |||||
| 45 | 1.67 | 1.61 | 0–48.7 (4.08) | 0–15.7 (2.10) | <.001 | .01 | |||||
| 50 | 1.67 | 1.69 | 0–48.7 (4.08) | 0–16.2 (2.17) | <.001 | <.001 | |||||
| 20 | Area a (low risk)b | 0 | No cluster | 0–0 (0) | No cluster | .62 | No cluster | ||||
| 50 | No cluster | 0.17 | No cluster | 0–1.5 (0.35) | No cluster | .87 | |||||
| 1 | Area I | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0–142.5 (6.31) | 0–227.5 (12.96) | .28 | .32 | ||||
| 2 | 0.32 | 0.25 | 0–142.5 (5.73) | 0–230.4 (13.10) | .06 | .41 | |||||
| 5 | 0.34 | No cluster | 0–153.6 (6.18) | No cluster | .32 | No cluster | |||||
| 10 | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0–148.7 (5.38) | 0–234.5 (7.47) | <.001 | .06 | |||||
| 40 | 0.68 | No cluster | 0–169.70 (6.31) | No cluster | .13 | No cluster | |||||
| 45 | 0.71 | No cluster | 0–176.7 (6.57) | No cluster | .74 | No cluster | |||||
| 50 | 0.71 | No cluster | 0–176.6 (6.57) | No cluster | .74 | No cluster | |||||
| 10 | Area J | 0.66 | No cluster | 0–34.4 (2.41) | No cluster | .05 | No cluster | ||||
a
Non-Hispanic whites are excluded from table for simplicity.
b
Lower case “a” indicates a smaller risk cluster adjacent to a larger cluster.