Beyond standardized mortality ratios; some uses of smoothed age-specific mortality rates on small areas studies

BACKGROUND: Most epidemiological risk indicators strongly depend on the age composition of populations, which makes the direct comparison of raw (unstandardized) indicators misleading because of the different age structures of the spatial units of study. Age-standardized rates (ASR) are a common sol...

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Autores principales: Perez-Panades, Jordi, Botella-Rocamora, Paloma, Martinez-Beneito, Miguel Angel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7716592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33276785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12942-020-00251-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7716592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33276785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12942-020-00251-z

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