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Table 4 Results of permutation tests across region types for expected and actual COVID-19 case counts, case rates, and case-rate differences

From: Human-network regions as effective geographic units for disease mitigation

Region type

Exp. \(\mathrm{C}_{w}\)

Actual \(\mathrm{C}_{w}\)

Exp. \(\mathrm{CR}_{w}\)

Actual \(\mathrm{CR}_{w}\)

Exp. \(\mathrm{CD}_{w}\)

Actual \(\mathrm{CD}_{w}\)

Commutes

3287

3464***

17.328

17.360**

7.632

7.404***

Facebook

3287

3260

17.328

17.274

7.631

7.449***

Migration

3287

3439***

17.328

17.330

7.632

7.343***

Trips

3287

3418***

17.328

17.341â‹…

7.632

7.468***

Twitter

3287

3445***

17.328

17.348*

7.631

7.210***

States

3287

3327***

17.328

17.350**

7.632

7.396***

Geographic random model

3287

3322***

17.328

17.320

7.632

7.530***

  1. Significance levels: ‘***’ 0.001; ‘**’ 0.01; ‘*’ 0.05; and ‘⋅’ 0.1