Mapas de taxas epidemiológicas: uma abordagem Bayesiana

Cadernos de Saúde Pública

Renato Martins Assunção²  Sandhi M. Barreto¹  Henrique L. Guerra¹  Emília Sakurai² 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo Horizonte MG ,Brasil

关键词: Maps;    Epidemiology;    Medical Geography;    Small-Area Analysis;    Mapas;    Epidemiologia;    Geografia Médica;    Análise de Pequenas Áreas;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-311X1998000400013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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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