Pang, Tak Ting Phoebe. / "September 2010." / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 153-161). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgement --- p.I / Abstract --- p.II / 摘要 --- p.IV / List of Figures --- p.V / List of Tables --- p.VII / Abbreviations --- p.VIII / Chapter CHAPTER ONE --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Historical perspective of tuberculosis --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Sanatorium care --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Vaccination --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.3 --- Drug treatment --- p.3 / Chapter 1.1.4 --- Transmission dynamics of tuberculosis --- p.3 / Chapter 1.1.5 --- Resurgence of tuberculosis --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2 --- Current global and local tuberculosis epidemiology --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- "Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, drug resistance in the world" --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Global epidemiology of tuberculosis --- p.9 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Local epidemiology of tuberculosis --- p.9 / Chapter 1.2.4 --- "Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and drug resistance in Hong Kong" --- p.14 / Chapter 1.2.5 --- Approaches in studying tuberculosis epidemiology --- p.15 / Chapter 1.3 --- Determinants of tuberculosis epidemiology --- p.17 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- TB determinants in the triad of epidemiology --- p.17 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Rise of spatial epidemiology --- p.18 / Chapter 1.4 --- Recent developments of spatial epidemiology --- p.21 / Chapter 1.4.1 --- Spatial epidemiology and infectious disease --- p.21 / Chapter 1.4.2 --- Disease mapping --- p.22 / Chapter 1.4.3 --- Geographic information system --- p.22 / Chapter 1.4.4 --- Statistics in spatial epidemiology --- p.23 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.24 / Chapter 2.1 --- Objective of literature review --- p.24 / Chapter 2.2 --- Literature search --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Strategy for literature search --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Results for literature search --- p.25 / Chapter 2.3 --- Spatial perspective in tuberculosis epidemiology --- p.31 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Mapping the spatial pattern --- p.32 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Understanding the spatial pattern --- p.32 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Modelling the spatial pattern --- p.33 / Chapter 2.4 --- Neighbourhood determinants of tuberculosis --- p.34 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- TB and demographics --- p.35 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- TB and socioeconomic status --- p.36 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- TB and the environment --- p.38 / Chapter 2.4.4 --- TB and care factors --- p.40 / Chapter 2.5 --- Techniques applied in studying tuberculosis epidemiology --- p.41 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- Constructing spatial data --- p.41 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- Disease maps used --- p.45 / Chapter 2.5.3 --- "Integrated approach using spatial statistics, conventional statistics and molecular analysis" --- p.52 / Chapter 2.6 --- Research gap and thesis objectives --- p.55 / Chapter 2.6.1 --- Research gap --- p.55 / Chapter 2.6.2 --- Thesis objective --- p.56 / Chapter CHAPTER THREE --- METHODOLOGY --- p.57 / Chapter 3.1 --- Rationale and approach --- p.57 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Logical flow of the study --- p.57 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Methodological flow of the study --- p.60 / Chapter 3.2 --- Choosing spatial units --- p.63 / Chapter 3.3 --- Data collection --- p.69 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Tuberculosis data --- p.70 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Spatial data --- p.70 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Neighbourhood data --- p.70 / Chapter 3.4 --- Data manipulation --- p.73 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Tuberculosis data --- p.73 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Spatial data --- p.74 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Neighbourhood data --- p.74 / Chapter 3.5 --- Centrographic analysis --- p.76 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Types of centrographic statistics --- p.76 / Chapter 3.6 --- Exploratory spatial data analysis --- p.78 / Chapter 3.6.1 --- Spatial proximity matrix --- p.78 / Chapter 3.6.2 --- Moran's Index --- p.79 / Chapter 3.6.3 --- Local Indicator of Spatial Association --- p.79 / Chapter 3.7 --- Explanatory analysis --- p.81 / Chapter 3.7.1 --- Selecting variables for modelling --- p.82 / Chapter 3.7.2 --- Ordinary linear regression --- p.82 / Chapter 3.7.3 --- Geographically weighted regression --- p.83 / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR --- RESULTS --- p.85 / Chapter 4.1 --- Overview --- p.85 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Individual level --- p.85 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Aggregated level --- p.89 / Chapter 4.2 --- Results for centrographic analysis --- p.97 / Chapter 4.3 --- Results for exploratory spatial data analysis --- p.101 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Results for Moran's Index --- p.101 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Results for Local Indicator of Spatial Association --- p.103 / Chapter 4.4 --- Results for explanatory analysis --- p.110 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Correlation analysis and variables selection --- p.110 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Results for ordinary linear regression --- p.114 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Results for geographically weighted regression --- p.116 / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE --- DISCUSSION --- p.131 / Chapter 5.1 --- Preamble --- p.131 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Methods overview --- p.132 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Results overview --- p.132 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- Layout of this chapter --- p.134 / Chapter 5.2 --- Neighbourhood determinants in relation to TB --- p.135 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Crowding and tuberculosis --- p.135 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Poverty and tuberculosis --- p.137 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Immigrants and tuberculosis --- p.138 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Marital status and tuberculosis --- p.139 / Chapter 5.2.5 --- Implication of local parameter estimates of association --- p.140 / Chapter 5.3 --- Study design for spatial epidemiology --- p.142 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Application of spatial dependence in spatial epidemiology --- p.142 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Choosing spatial units --- p.144 / Chapter 5.4 --- Methodological concern in this study --- p.146 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Concern over disease mapping --- p.146 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Application of geographically weighted regression --- p.148 / Chapter 5.5 --- Limitation of the study --- p.150 / Chapter 5.6 --- Conclusion --- p.152 / REFERENCE --- p.153 / APPENDIX --- p.162 / Appendix 1 How to calculate TB SNR? --- p.162 / Appendix 2 How GWR works? --- p.164 / Appendix 3 What is AIC? --- p.165 / Appendix 4 How Monte Carlo test works? --- p.166 / Appendix 5 List of GWR output --- p.167