Table 3

Spatial scan statistics for detecting local clusters in smoothed RR's
Cancer site
 Cluster type*
 p-value
 No. Cases
 No. Expected
 Mean inside**
 Mean outside**
 Location
Esophageal; Both Sexes
 M
 0.001
 459
 257.0
 1.74
 0.82
 Azadshahr, Gonbad, Kolaleh, Minoodasht

S
 0.001
 147
 107.3
 1.51
 0.94
 Savadkouh
Esophageal; Male
 M
 0.001
 227
 137.9
 1.59
 0.81
 Azadshahr, Gonbad, Kolaleh, Minoodasht

S
 0.001
 24
 13.7
 1.41
 0.91
 Savadkouh
Esophageal; Female
 M
 0.001
 232
 119.1
 1.83
 0.84
 Azadshahr, Gonbad, Kolaleh, Minoodasht

S
 0.001
 123
 93.6
 1.29
 0.97
 Babol, Savadkouh
Stomach; Both Sexes
 M
 0.001
 1262
 1038.6
 1.51
 0.80
 Amol, Babol, Ghaemshahr, Jouybar, Sari, Savadkouh

S
 0.001
 333
 235.9
 1.34
 0.93
 Gonbad, Minoodasht

S
 0.001
 167
 136.2
 1.20
 0.94
 Ramsar, Tonekabon
Stomach; Male
 M
 0.001
 951
 769.2
 1.42
 0.79
 Amol, Babol, Ghaemshahr, Jouybar, Sari, Savadkouh

S
 0.001
 206
 168.8
 1.17
 0.92
 Gonbad, Minoodasht

S
 0.001
 114
 97.2
 1.14
 0.92
 Ramsar, Tonekabon
Stomach; Female
 M
 0.001
 311
 269.4
 1.64
 0.85
 Amol, Babol, Ghaemshahr, Jouybar, Sari, Savadkouh

S
 0.001
 101
 44.5
 2.14
 0.99
 Gonbad

S
 0.001
 53
 39.0
 1.28
 1.02
 Ramsar, Tonekabon
Colorectal; Both Sexes
 M
 0.001
 80
 56.1
 1.46
 0.85
 Ramsar, Tonekabon

S
 0.001
 449
 350.6
 1.18
 0.81
 Babol, Babolsar, Ghaemshahr, Jouybar, Mahmoudabad, Sari

S
 0.001
 147
 83.8
 1.67
 0.87
 Gorgan
Colorectal; Male
 M
 0.001
 289
 219.9
 1.26
 0.78
 Amol, Babol, Babolsar, Behshahr, Ghaemshahr, Jouybar

S
 0.001
 81
 44.8
 1.65
 0.86
 Gorgan

S
 0.001
 13
 8.1
 1.38
 0.87
 Ramsar
Colorectal; Female
 M
 0.001
 45
 26.2
 1.61
 0.85
 Ramsar, Tonekabon

S
 0.001
 66
 39.1
 1.53
 0.88
 Gorgan

S
 0.001
 213
 173.8
 1.16
 0.85
 Amol, Babol, Ghaemshahr, Sari, Savadkouh
Liver; Both Sexes
 M
 0.001
 12
 5.2
 1.91
 0.84
 Gorgan

S
 0.001
 16
 10.9
 1.33
 0.84
 Ghaemshahr, Sari

S
 0.001
 3
 0.9
 1.17
 0.87
 Ramsar
Liver; Male
 M
 0.001
 20
 8.7
 1.68
 0.86
 Gorgan

S
 0.001
 30
 18.1
 1.28
 0.86
 Ghaemshahr, Sari
Liver; Female
 M
 0.001
 3
 0.9
 2.00
 1.03
 Ramsar

S
 0.001
 12
 5.2
 1.78
 1.04
 Gorgan

S
 0.001
 12
 7.7
 1.14
 1.06
 Sari, Savadkouh
Pancreas; Both Sexes
 M
 0.001
 12
 7.8
 1.95
 0.91
 Jouybar, Sari
Pancreas; Male
 M
 0.001
 15
 5.0
 1.21
 1.01
 Jouybar, Sari

* M = most likely cluster; S = Secondary cluster.

** Mean of smoothed RR in wards inside and outside the circles generated by Sat Scan analysis.

Mohebbi et al. BMC Cancer 2008 8:137   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-137