A Bayesian approach for estimating age-adjusted rates for low-prevalence diseases over space and time.
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DOI: 10.1002/sim.8948
Abstract: Age-adjusted rates are frequently used by epidemiologists to compare disease incidence and mortality across populations. In small geographic regions, age-adjusted rates computed directly from the data are subject to considerable variability and are generally unreliable.… read more here.
Keywords: prevalence diseases; age adjusted; low prevalence; age ... See more keywords