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Table 1 Number of studies (n = 67) across the three categories: mapping, clustering/cluster detection and ecological analysis

From: An overview of geospatial methods used in unintentional injury epidemiology

 

Spatial epidemiological approach categories

Total studies

 

Mapping

Clustering/cluster detection

Ecological analysis

Mapping only

√

-

-

41

Cluster only

-

√

-

5

Mapping/cluster

√

√

-

18

All categories

√

√

√

3

    

67a

Total approachesa

62

27

3

92a

  1. aThe total number of approaches (n = 92) is not equal to the total number of studies (n = 67) because some studies applied multiple approaches