# Methods and Data for Spatial Epidemiology

## Documentation for package ‘SpatialEpi’ version 1.2.3

- DESCRIPTION file.

## Help Pages

SpatialEpi-package | Methods and Data for Spatial Epidemiology
bayes_cluster | Bayesian Cluster Detection Method
besag_newell | Besag-Newell Cluster Detection Method
coeff | Compute log Bayes Factors
create_geo_objects | Create geographical objects to be used in Bayesian Cluster Detection Method
eBayes | Empirical Bayes Estimates of Relative Risk
EBpostdens | Produce plots of emprical Bayes posterior densities when the data Y are Poisson with expected number E and relative risk theta, with the latter having a gamma distribution with known values alpha and beta, which are estimated using empirical Bayes.
EBpostthresh | Produce the probabilities of exceeding a threshold given a posterior gamma distribution.
expected | Compute Expected Numbers of Disease
GammaPriorCh | Compute Parameters to Calibrate a Gamma Distribution
kulldorff | Kulldorff Cluster Detection Method
latlong2grid | Convert Coordinates from Latitude/Longitude to Grid
ldmultinom | log multinomial Density
LogNormalPriorCh | Compute Parameters to Calibrate a Log-normal Distribution
mapvariable | Plot Levels of a Variable in a Colour-Coded Map
normalize | Normalize vector to sum to 1.
NumericVectorEquality | Test if two numeric vectors are equal
NYleukemia | Upstate New York Leukemia Data
pennLC | Pennsylvania Lung Cancer
plotmap | Plot Levels of a Variable in a Colour-Coded Map
polygon2spatial_polygon | Convert a Polygon to a Spatial Polygons Object
scotland | Lip Cancer in Scotland
SpatialEpi | Methods and Data for Spatial Epidemiology
zones | Create set of all single zones and output geographical information