Table 1. Spatiotemporal hotspots of rabies defined by using Spatiotemporal scan statistic, mainland China.* .
| Hotspots | Start time | End time | No. Couties | No. Obs | No. Exp | LLR | RR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HS-I | 2004/1/1 | 2012/11/30 | 281 | 8769 | 1966.48 | 7573.78 | 6.65 |
| HS-II | 2004/5/1 | 2007/11/30 | 217 | 1577 | 776.13 | 332.00 | 2.11 |
| HS-III | 2006/8/1 | 2008/10/31 | 146 | 872 | 355.31 | 272.23 | 2.51 |
| HS-IV | 2004/3/1 | 2010/12/31 | 61 | 796 | 340.36 | 225.32 | 2.39 |
| HS-V | 2012/1/1 | 2013/11/30 | 1 | 79 | 1.86 | 219.26 | 42.68 |
| HS-VI | 2012/1/1 | 2013/12/31 | 1 | 53 | 1.73 | 130.31 | 30.79 |
| HS-VII | 2004/1/1 | 2005/1/31 | 40 | 186 | 59.46 | 85.94 | 3.15 |
| HS-VIII | 2012/1/1 | 2013/8/31 | 5 | 72 | 9.65 | 82.45 | 7.48 |
| HS-IX | 2012/1/1 | 2013/11/30 | 1 | 32 | 1.52 | 66.99 | 21.04 |
| HS-X | 2010/10/1 | 2013/12/31 | 1 | 45 | 4.42 | 63.91 | 10.21 |
| HS-XI | 2006/7/1 | 2007/11/30 | 66 | 184 | 72.91 | 59.51 | 2.54 |
| HS-XII | 2012/2/1 | 2013/12/31 | 1 | 29 | 1.99 | 50.70 | 14.59 |
| HS-XIII | 2012/6/1 | 2013/12/31 | 1 | 25 | 2.21 | 37.91 | 11.34 |
| HS-XIV | 2012/1/1 | 2013/10/31 | 6 | 71 | 22.23 | 33.73 | 3.20 |
| HS-XV | 2004/5/1 | 2004/8/31 | 23 | 52 | 13.57 | 31.47 | 3.84 |
| HS-XVI | 2004/6/1 | 2005/1/31 | 1 | 19 | 1.60 | 29.62 | 11.89 |
| HS-XVII | 2012/2/1 | 2013/12/31 | 1 | 25 | 3.21 | 29.57 | 7.81 |
| HS-XVIII | 2011/6/1 | 2011/12/31 | 9 | 28 | 4.65 | 26.94 | 6.03 |
| HS-XIX | 2006/6/1 | 2006/11/30 | 9 | 32 | 6.17 | 26.87 | 5.20 |
| HS-XX | 2004/8/1 | 2006/12/31 | 8 | 54 | 17.70 | 23.96 | 3.06 |
| HS-XXI | 2012/2/1 | 2013/9/30 | 1 | 12 | 0.79 | 21.50 | 15.28 |
| HS-XXII | 2004/1/1 | 2004/2/29 | 8 | 10 | 0.53 | 19.94 | 18.94 |
| HS-XXIII | 2012/5/1 | 2013/10/31 | 2 | 18 | 2.58 | 19.57 | 6.99 |
*Significant clusters with P<0.05;
HS-I: Primary hotspot;
HS-II—HS-XXIII: Secondary hotspots;
No. Counties: number of counties within hotspots; No. Obs: number of observed cases; No. Exp: number of expected cases; LLR: log likelihood ratio; RR: relative risk for the hotspot compared with the rest of the country.