Table 2.

Moran’s I^a Results for United States and Region-Specific Neighborhood Deprivation Index

Region	Moran’s I	Z-score	P-value
Overall	0.41	80.57	<0.001
Regional
South	0.37	34.46	<0.001
Northeast	0.21	8.55	<0.001
Midwest	0.29	21.81	<0.001
West	0.30	13.01	<0.001

Note:

^aMoran’s I lies between – 1 and +1. If Moran’s I is positive, it represents a clustering of values. If Moran’s I is negative, it represents that the values are dispersed.