[Maps of epidemiological rates: a Bayesian approach]. / Mapas de taxas epidemiológicas: uma abordagem Bayesiana.
Cad Saude Publica
; 14(4): 713-23, 1998.
Article
em Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9878904
ABSTRACT
This article presents statistical methods recently developed for the analysis of maps of disease rates when the geographic units have small populations at risk. They adopt the Bayesian approach and use intensive computational methods for estimating risk in each area. The objective of the methods is to separate the variability of rates due to differences between regions from the background risk due to pure random fluctuation. Risk estimates have a total mean quadratic error smaller than usual estimates. We apply these new methods to estimate infant mortality risk in the municipalities of the State of Minas Gerais in 1994.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Mortalidade Infantil
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Métodos Epidemiológicos
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Cad Saude Publica
Assunto da revista:
SAUDE PUBLICA
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil