Table 1 Temporal patterns of LF incidents among wards in Ondo State.

From: Ecological correlates and predictors of Lassa fever incidence in Ondo State, Nigeria 2017–2021: an emerging urban trend

Year

Average nearest neighbour statistic

No of incidents

Observed mean distance

Expected mean distance

Z-score

Nearest neighbour statistics (Rn)

2017

61

2152.47

5717.49

9.32

0.376471

2018

147

577.42

3582.71

19.46

0.161168

2019

268

833.39

3280.85

23.36

0.254017

2020

414

756.79

2793.51

28.38

0.270911

2021

167

1262.64

4267.67

17.41

0.295862

2017–2021

1057

324.64

1826.44

51.14

0.177745