Estimation of single-year-of-age counts of live births, fetal losses, abortions, and pregnant women for counties of Texas

Abstract Objectives We provide a methodology for estimating counts of single-year-of-age live-births, fetal-losses, abortions, and pregnant women from aggregated age-group counts. As a case study, we estimate counts for the 254 counties of Texas for the year 2010. Results We use interpolation to est...

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Main Authors: Bismark Singh, Lauren Ancel Meyers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-2496-x
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Summary:Abstract Objectives We provide a methodology for estimating counts of single-year-of-age live-births, fetal-losses, abortions, and pregnant women from aggregated age-group counts. As a case study, we estimate counts for the 254 counties of Texas for the year 2010. Results We use interpolation to estimate counts of live-births, fetal-losses, and abortions by women of each single-year-of-age for all Texas counties. We then use these counts to estimate the numbers of pregnant women for each single-year-of-age, which were previously available only in aggregate. To support public health policy and planning, we provide single-year-of-age estimates of live-births, fetal-losses, abortions, and pregnant women for all Texas counties in the year 2010, as well as the estimation method source code.
ISSN:1756-0500