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Table 7 Comparison of spatial recall against SaTScanâ„¢

From: Spatial cluster detection using dynamic programming

Frequency range

Coverage

DP recall

SaTScanâ„¢ recall

(DP-SaTScanâ„¢) 95% confidence interval limits

p-value

Low

< 16%

0.08729

0.15045

- 0.05982

- 0.06649

< 0.00001

 

16-34%

0.13665

0.18430

- 0.04485

- 0.05045

< 0.00001

 

≥ 35%

0.18579

0.16384

0.02682

0.01708

< 0.00001

Mid

< 16%

0.39280

0.37422

0.02227

0.01489

< 0.00001

 

16-34%

0.56118

0.48644

0.07769

0.07180

< 0.00001

 

≥ 35%

0.74869

0.58639

0.17157

0.15305

< 0.00001

High

< 16%

0.62454

0.49413

0.13376

0.12706

< 0.00001

 

16-34%

0.82999

0.70011

0.13170

0.12805

< 0.00001

 

≥ 35%

0.91850

0.76347

0.15955

0.15052

< 0.00001

Very high

< 16%

0.93248

0.69904

0.23695

0.22993

< 0.00001

 

16-34%

0.99829

0.78494

0.21539

0.21132

< 0.00001

 

≥ 35%

0.99813

0.78448

0.21034

0.21697

< 0.00001

  1. Comparison of the DP and SaTScanâ„¢ spatial recall. The table shows the mean recall for each algorithm, the lower and upper 95% confidence limits for the difference in recall (DP-SaTScanâ„¢) and the associated t-test p-values