Table 3 Global Moran’s index of LF among wards in Ondo State between 2017 and 2021.

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

Years

Moran's index

Expected index

Variance

Z-score

P-value

Interpretation

2017

0.862321

0.04

0.035364

4.798255

0.000002

Clustered

2018

0.184415

0.037037

0.022561

1.47435

0.140387

Random

2019

0.24755

0.022727

0.014574

2.238864

0.025165

Clustered

2020

0.20656

0.018519

0.008821

2.396517

0.016552

Clustered

2021

0.322375

0.029412

0.015672

2.810033

0.004954

Clustered

2017–2021

0.405904

0.014493

0.006712

5.131246

0.000000

Clustered