Impact of socioeconomic inequalities on geographic disparities in cancer incidence: comparison of methods for spatial disease mapping

Table 3 The method of spatial analysis: summary on heterogeneity, clustering, and high-risk clusters

Cancer	Potthoff-Whittinghill	Moran I	EBI	Poisson	SpODT	SATSCAN	HBSM
Without covariate
Lung	Heterogeneity	No clustering	Clustering	No clustering	No cluster	Two clusters	Heterogeneity and clustering
Prostate	Heterogeneity	Clustering	Clustering	No clustering	Six clusters	Five clusters	Only clustering
Colon rectum	No heterogeneity	No clustering	No clustering	No clustering	No cluster	Two clusters	No heterogeneity and no clustering
Bladder	Heterogeneity	No clustering	Clustering	No clustering	One cluster	No cluster	Only clustering
With covariate
Lung	---	---		No clustering	No cluster	No cluster	Only heterogeneity
Prostate	---	---		No clustering	Five clusters	No cluster	Only clustering
Colon rectum	---	---		No clustering	No cluster	No cluster	No heterogeneity and no clustering
Bladder	---	---		No clustering	One cluster	No cluster	Only clustering

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