Table 2. Properties of the estimated distribution for the Poisson parameter $\nu$, the index case-specific expected number of further cases in a cluster.

The expected value of $\nu$ is $R_c$ and its distribution gives important information about overdispersion of clusters. In units of hours^-1.

Province	Mean	Standard deviation	Median	90th percentile	99th percentile
Alberta	1.86	2.55	8.9e-01	5.0	11.9
Manitoba	1.43	2.45	4.3e-01	4.1	11.7
Saskatchewan	0.88	1.46	2.9e-01	2.5	7.0
Ontario	1.04	1.70	3.5e-01	3.0	8.1