Table 2.
The 9 census divisions and the season and shift for which the division’s model had the highest r2 value. The table also shows the root mean square error and the normalized root mean square error. The results presented correspond to the FluView, Symptoms, and Treatment pages aggregated.
| Division | Season | Shift | r 2 | Root mean square error | Normalized root mean square error |
| West North Central | 2012-2013 | None | 0.955 | 0.367 | 0.057 |
| Mountain | 2012-2013 | None | 0.921 | 0.336 | 0.077 |
| New England | 2015-2016 | None | 0.920 | 0.096 | 0.096 |
| East North Central | 2012-2013 | 1 week | 0.899 | 0.331 | 0.076 |
| South Atlantic | 2015-2016 | None | 0.893 | 0.218 | 0.065 |
| Middle Atlantic | 2015-2016 | None | 0.861 | 0.302 | 0.073 |
| Pacific | 2012-2013 | None | 0.849 | 0.503 | 0.094 |
| West South Central | 2012-2013 | None | 0.828 | 0.986 | 0.105 |
| East South Central | 2015-2016 | 1 week | 0.793 | 0.365 | 0.082 |