Beyond standardized mortality ratios; some uses of smoothed age-specific mortality rates on small areas studies
Abstract 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 co...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-12-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Health Geographics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-020-00251-z |