Table 1 Category name and definition of statistically significant hotspots representing different temporal states (ESRI ArcGIS Pro [30])
From: Spatial–temporal pattern of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil
Hot spot category name | Definition |
|---|---|
Intensifying | A location that has been a statistically significant hot spot for more than 90% of temporal series, including the final time step (2017). In addition, the intensity of clustering of high counts in each time step is increasing |
Persistent | A location that has been a statistically significant hot spot for more than 90% of the temporal series, with no discernible trend indicating an increase or decrease in the intensity of clustering over time |
Historical | The most recent time period is not hot, but at least ninety percent of the time-step intervals have been statistically significant hot spots |
Consecutive | A location with a single uninterrupted run of statistically significant hot spot bins in the final time-step intervals. The location has never been a statistically significant hot spot prior to the final hot spot run and less than ninety percent of all bins are statistically significant hot spots |
Sporadic | A location that is an on-again then off-again hot spot. Less than 90% of time series have been statistically significant hot spot |
New | A location that is a statistically significant hot spot only on the last time steps of the time series |
Diminishing | A location that has been a statistically significant hot spot for more than 90% of the time series. In addition, the intensity of clustering of high incidence in each time step is decreasing, or the most recent year is not hot |