# Methods and Data for Spatial Epidemiology

## Documentation for package ‘SpatialEpi’ version 1.2.7

- DESCRIPTION file.

## Help Pages

bayes_cluster | Bayesian Cluster Detection Method
besag_newell | Besag-Newell Cluster Detection Method
circle | Compute cartesian coordinates of a cluster center and radius
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 empirical 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.
estimate_lambda | Estimate lambda values
expected | Compute Expected Numbers of Disease
GammaPriorCh | Compute Parameters to Calibrate a Gamma Distribution
grid2latlong | Convert Coordinates from Grid to Latitude/Longitude
kulldorff | Kulldorff Cluster Detection Method
latlong2grid | Convert Coordinates from Latitude/Longitude to Grid
LogNormalPriorCh | Compute Parameters to Calibrate a Log-normal Distribution
mapvariable | Plot Levels of a Variable in a Colour-Coded Map
NYleukemia | Upstate New York Leukemia Data
NYleukemia_sf | Upstate New York Leukemia
pennLC | Pennsylvania Lung Cancer
pennLC_sf | Pennsylvania Lung Cancer
plotmap | Plot Levels of a Variable in a Colour-Coded Map
polygon2spatial_polygon | Convert a Polygon to a Spatial Polygons Object
process_MCMC_sample | Process MCMC Sample
scotland | Lip Cancer in Scotland
scotland_sf | Lip Cancer in Scotland
zones | Create set of all single zones and output geographical information