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Abstract
Healthy/Unhealthy Places in America: Are These Really Spatial Clusters?
Track: Health and Human Services
Author(s): Ronald Cossman, Arthur Cosby, Wes James, Rita Belli
When healthy and unhealthy counties (defined as above or below U.S. average death rates or life expectancy of the population) are mapped, clear instances of spatial clustering are visible. This exploratory data visualization cannot answer the follow-on questions; are they indeed spatial clusters and are they statistically significant? Investigators at the Social Science Research Center use several Arc-extension spatial statistical techniques to answer those questions and we assess the relative difficulty of using these techniques versus the results that they generate.
Ronald Cossman
Social Science Research Center
Mississippi State University
P.O. Box 5287
Miss. State , MS 39762-5287
USA
Phone: (662) 325-4801
Fax: (662) 325-6622
E-mail: rcossman@ssrc.msstate.edu
Arthur Cosby
Social Science Research Center
Mississippi State University
P. O. Box 5287
Miss. State 39762-5287
USA
Phone: (662) 325-7127
Fax: (662) 325-6622
E-mail: arthur.cosby@ssrc.msstate.edu
Wes James
Social Science Research Center
Mississippi State University
P. O. Box 5287
Miss. State 39762-5287
Rita Belli
Social Science Research Center
Mississippi State University
P. O. Box 5287
Miss. State 39762-5287