Table 1.

Regions and statistics for the fox tape worm example. The 43 investigated regions in Lower Saxony with their co-ordinates (x, y), the number of red foxes tested (n) and found positive for E. multilocularis (m), the raw period prevalence in % (PP) and the empirical Bayes smoothed period prevalence in % (BPP). The regions no. 5, 8, 13, 14 and 15 form a previously identified disease cluster [4].

Regions				Statistics
Nr.	Name	x	y	n	m	PP	BPP
1	Braunschweig	7,57	-4,30	25	1	4	6
2	Salzgitter & Wolfenbüttel	7,47	-6,07	115	9	8	8
3	Wolfsburg	9,33	-2,83	22	6	27	23
4	Gifhorn	8,15	-1,37	158	13	8	8
5	Göttingen	3,44	-12,92	157	84	54	51
6	Goslar	6,68	-8,81	152	20	13	13
7	Helmstedt	10,11	-4,30	66	7	11	10
8	Northeim	2,86	-10,28	186	96	52	49
9	Osterode/Harz	6,68	-11,07	94	23	24	23
10	Peine	5,80	-4,11	115	10	9	9
11	Hannover	2,17	-2,64	327	41	13	12
12	Diepholz	-4,39	0,88	143	10	7	7
13	Hameln-Pyrmont	-0,17	-6,36	99	41	41	39
14	Hildesheim	3,74	-6,36	202	60	30	29
15	Holzminden	1,19	-8,62	60	16	27	24
16	Nienburg/Weser	-1,74	-0,58	325	20	6	6
17	Schaumburg	-1,25	-4,11	90	12	13	13
18	Celle	4,81	0,59	255	8	3	3
19	Cuxhaven	-3,51	10,69	73	14	19	18
20	Harburg	3,64	7,06	285	17	6	6
21	Lüchow-Dannenberg	11,68	3,92	225	20	9	9
22	Lüneburg	7,37	6,37	278	22	8	8
23	Qsterholz-Scharmbeck	-3,80	6,57	32	8	25	22
24	Rothenburg/Wümme	-0,17	6,47	114	6	5	5
25	Soltau-Fallingbostel	2,46	2,84	137	8	6	6
26	Stade	0,41	10,00	84	5	6	6
27	Uelzen	7,76	3,53	214	14	7	6
28	Verden	-1,45	3,44	107	11	10	10
29	Delmenhorst	-4,88	4,31	8	1	13	12
30	Emden	-14,74	8,19	4	0	0	9
31	Oldenburg	-6,84	4,12	103	15	15	14
32	Osnabrück	-9,19	-3,12	290	21	7	7
33	Wilhelmshaven	-8,55	10,30	10	0	0	6
34	Ammerland	-8,99	6,28	76	4	5	6
35	Aurich	-13,11	9,42	111	15	14	13
36	Cloppenburg	-9,78	2,84	110	8	7	7
37	Emsland	-13,60	1,07	242	21	9	8
38	Friesland	-9,10	9,32	15	1	7	9
39	Bentheim	-15,95	-1,46	36	1	3	4
40	Leer	-12,42	6,67	39	2	5	6
41	Vechta	-8,12	0,20	83	2	2	3
42	Wesermarsch	-6,54	7,55	45	9	20	18
43	Wittmund	-10,76	10,10	53	4	8	8
Sum				5365	706
Median (in %)						8,2	9,0