[Application of the time-series method to analyse the seasonal distribution of epidemic encephalitis B incidence in Guangdong province in the years of 1984-1993]

Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 1998 Apr;19(2):103-6.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

This paper analysed the data of epidemic encephalitis B incidence that was constituted to time- series and the two-ordered contingency table in Guangdong province from 1984 to 1993. Two different kinds of statistical methods of run- test and ordered-log-ratio test were applied to study the characteristics of seasonal distribution. Consistent conclusion was obtained to show that there appeared an obvious seasonal cyclic characteristic of a peak every year (June or July) for the incidence of epidemic encephalitis B. It is helpful for the epidemiologists to understand the principle and method of these statistical tests.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • China / epidemiology
  • Data Interpretation, Statistical
  • Encephalitis, Japanese / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Seasons