Table 2.
Correlation and lagged transformed correlation of alternative predictors with notified case counts of campylobacteriosis.
| Data source | Number of days that alternative measures are lagged before notifiable counts | ||||||||||
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0 days | −1 day | −2 days | −3 days | −4 days | −5 days | −6 days | −7 days | −8 days | −9 days | −10 days |
| GPa consultations | 0.5b | 0.43b | 0.39b | 0.26b | 0.17b | 0.14b | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Consumer helpline | 0.44b | 0.59b | 0.67b | 0.64b | 0.55b | 0.37b | 0.2b | 0.12b | 0.1 | 0.07 | 0.07 |
| Google Trends | 0.13b | 0.16b | 0.22b | 0.22b | 0.21b | 0.17b | 0.21b | 0.21b | 0.16b | 0.08 | 0.02 |
| Twitter microblogs | 0.11b | 0.21b | 0.31b | 0.25b | 0.21b | 0.07 | 0 | −0.01 | 0 | −0.03 | 0 |
| School absenteeism | 0.3b | 0.48b | 0.64b | 0.7b | 0.52b | 0.35b | 0.21b | 0.2b | 0.17b | 0.18b | 0.15b |
aGP: general practice.
bStatistically significant correlation coefficient >0.1.