Prediction of incidence of influenza-like illness in Jiaxing of Zhejiang based on Prophet model
Objective To predict and evaluate the incidence trend of influenza-like illness(ILI)in Jiaxing of Zhejiang by using Prophet model and provide new ideas and methods for influenza prevention and control and sentinel hospital surveillance.Methods A Prophet model was constructed using the"forecast"and"prophet"packages in software R 4.2.2 to fit and predict the annual average proportion of ILI outpatient visits in total outpatient and emergency visits(ILI%)by using the surveillance data from sentinel hospitals for influenza in Jiaxing,Zhejiang province,from 2013 to 2022.Results From 2013 to 2022,the average annual ILI%was 2.97% in sentinel hospitals in Jiaxing.The overall ILI%showed fluctuating patterns,with annual peak occurring during winte spring and a gradual decline thereafter.The fitting and prediction results of the Prophet model indicated that the fitted ILI%showed an upward trend in sentinel hospitals in Jiaxing from 2013 to 2021,and the average error rate of ILI%prediction was-16.73%for 2022.The ILI%fitted with surveillance data from national level sentinel hospitals first increased then decreased,with the average error rate of ILI%prediction as-14.85%for 2022,and all the prediction results were within the 95%confidence interval.Conclusion The Prophet model fitting and prediction has relatively low fitting and prediction error and show good effects,which can be used for the prediction of ILI incidence.