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. 2015 Jun 1;10(6):e0126369. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126369

Table 5. Purely spatial clusters of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis with significant most likely and secondary clusters in the Sidama Zone in southern Ethiopia, 2003–2012.

Cluster type Year Number of cluster locations Observed cases Expected cases Likelihood ratio Relative risk P-value
Most likely cluster 2003 176 909 475 291 3.89 <0.001
Most likely cluster 2004 155 891 482 232 3.1 <0.001
Secondary 2004 12 141 47 64 3.2 <0.001
2nd secondary 2004 1 24 6 16 4.2 <0.001
Most likely cluster 2005 235 958 637 147 2.6 <0.001
Secondary 2005 9 74 27 27 2.8 <0.001
2nd secondary 2005 5 57 19 25 3.1 <0.001
Most likely 2006 178 817 483 169 2.7 <0.001
Secondary cluster 2006 9 69 26 24 2.7 <0.001
2nd secondary 2006 4 39 16 11 2.5 0.003
Most likely 2007 152 822 509 128 2.2 <0.001
Secondary 2007 1 22 2 36 13.5 <0.001
2nd Secondary 2007 5 55 18 24 3.1 <0.001
3rd Secondary 2007 2 22 4 21 6.3 <0.001
Most likely cluster 2008 192 1,416 926 204 2.3 <0.001
Secondary cluster 2008 6 52 26 9 2 0.032
Most likely cluster 2009 155 1,139 697 190 2.3 <0.001
Secondary clusters 2009 8 111 50 28 2.3 <0.001
2nd Secondary 2009 1 16 4 11 4.2 0.011
3rd secondary 2009 1 25 9 10 3 0.014
4th secondary 2009 1 18 5 10 3.6 0.020
Most likely cluster 2010 11 187 63 83 3.2 <0.001
Secondary cluster 2010 20 146 83 20 1.8 <0.001
2nd Secondary 2010 1 24 5 18 4.7 <0.001
3rd Secondary 2010 16 90 46 17 2.04 <0.001
4th secondary 2010 3 47 20 13 2.4 <0.001
5th Secondary 2010 3 36 14 12 2.7 0.002
6th secondary 2010 1 14 3 11 4.7 0.009
Most likely cluster 2011 180 2,019 1,531 122 1.6 <0.001
Secondary cluster 2011 13 187 95 35 2.02 <0.001
2nd Secondary 2011 1 38 7 33 5.5 <0.001
Most likely cluster 2012 9 205 65 100 3.3 <0.001
Secondary cluster 2012 13 196 91 46 2.2 <0.001
2nd Secondary 2012 56 658 468 39 1.5 <0.001
3rd Secondary 2012 29 359 250 22 1.5 <0.001
4th Secondary 2012 3 42 17 13 2.6 <0.001
5th Secondary 2012 4 73 39 12 1.9 0.003
6th Secondary 2012 1 25 8 11 3.1 0.006
7th Secondary 2012 1 17 5 9 3.5 0.05