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Full-Text Articles in Vital and Health Statistics
Low Birth Weight, Very Low Birth Weight And Infant Mortality In San Bernardino County : A Secondary Analysis Of Maternal Factors, Rebecca D. Nanyonjo
Low Birth Weight, Very Low Birth Weight And Infant Mortality In San Bernardino County : A Secondary Analysis Of Maternal Factors, Rebecca D. Nanyonjo
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
Purpose: National and state infant mortality rates have slowly declined over the last several years. Despite this reduction, San Bernardino County still has one of the highest infant mortality rates in California and racial disparities between Black and White infants not only persist but continue to widen. These disparities remain at the forefront of concern. Healthy People 2010 target objectives have yet to be reached, while national and state proposed plans have supported the statement that a community's largest health problem is initiated by its infant mortality. The purpose of this study was to investigate maternal factors through use of …
A Marginalized Diffusion Model For Estimating Age At First Endoscopy Examination From Current Status Data, Diana Miglioretti, Elizabeth Brown
A Marginalized Diffusion Model For Estimating Age At First Endoscopy Examination From Current Status Data, Diana Miglioretti, Elizabeth Brown
UW Biostatistics Working Paper Series
We propose an approach for estimating the age at first endoscopy examination from current status data collected via two series of cross-sectional surveys. To model the national probability of ever having an endoscopy, we incorporate birth cohort effects into a mixed-influence diffusion model. We link a state-specific model to the national-level diffusion model using a marginalized modeling approach. In future research, results from our model will be used as microsimulation model inputs to estimate the contribution of endoscopy examinations to observed changes in colorectal cancer incidence and mortality.
Different Public Health Interventions Have Varying Effects, Paula Diehr, Anne B. Newman, Liming Cai, Ann Derleth
Different Public Health Interventions Have Varying Effects, Paula Diehr, Anne B. Newman, Liming Cai, Ann Derleth
UW Biostatistics Working Paper Series
Objective: To compare performance of one-time health interventions to those that change the probability of transitioning from one health state to another. Study Design and Setting: We used multi-state life table methods to estimate the impact of eight types of interventions on several outcomes. Results: In a cohort beginning at age 65, curing all the sick persons at baseline would increase life expectancy by 0.23 years and increase years of healthy life by .54 years. An equal amount of improvement could be obtained with a 12% decrease in the probability of getting sick, a 16% increase in the probability of …