A descriptive and model-based spatial comparison of the standardised mortality ratio and the age-standardised mortality rate
The number of deaths in a particular connection can be expressed in different ways. In spatial epidemiology, two widely used measures are the standardised mortality ratio (SMR) and the so called mortality rate. This paper compares these two ways of expressing mortality using a descriptive and a mode...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2007-05-01
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| Series: | Geospatial Health |
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| Online Access: | http://www.geospatialhealth.net/index.php/gh/article/view/273 |