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. 2018 Feb 27;81:16–30. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2018.02.014

Table 4.

Percentage of our prediction model correctly classify a predicted future week/month being an epidemic week/month. An epidemic week/month is defined as when the number of cases is more than the 75th percentile of the level in the past year. Percentage above 75% is shown bold. Models that had significantly higher accuracy than 75% are marked with an asterisk.

Japan
Singapore
Taiwan Thailand
Prediction Window Chickenpox HFMD Dengue HFMD Dengue Chickenpox Dengue Malaria
1 89%* 97%* 90%* 99%* 93%*
2 87%* 97%* 88%* 96%* 93%*
3 86%* 97%* 83%* 95%* 91%*
4 78% 95%* 81%* 94%* 89%* 98%* 98%* 100%*
5 76% 93%* 79% 91%* 89%*
6 75% 91%* 80% 90%* 86%*
7 72% 89%* 75% 87%* 83%*
8 71% 88%* 73% 85%* 80%* 94%* 94%* 100%*
9 68% 88%* 69% 81%* 80%*
10 69% 88%* 71% 80%* 77%
11 70% 88%* 70% 79% 75%
12 69% 88%* 71% 80%* 75% 93%* 96%* 100%*
13 71% 87%* 70% 81%* 74%
14 70% 87%* 68% 81%* 76%
15 69% 87%* 69% 81%* 77%
16 71% 86%* 71% 80%* 76% 91%* 93%* 100%*
17 73% 86%* 70% 80%* 77%
18 72% 88%* 73% 80%* 77%
19 73% 89%* 71% 80%* 76%
20 71% 90%* 71% 80%* 77% 89%* 93%* 100%*
21 71% 90%* 73% 79% 78%
22 70% 89%* 73% 79% 77%
23 68% 89%* 72% 80%* 77%
24 70% 89%* 71% 80%* 77% 87%* 91%* 100%*
25 71% 89%* 71% 78% 77%
26 73% 89%* 71% 81%* 76%