Abstract
This paper discusses a new method which allows the extraction of a background disease rate from a data set consisting of spatial co-ordinates of morbidity or mortality events. We demonstrate its application with two data sets, one based on cancer registry data and the other on death certificates.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1249-1258 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Statistics in Medicine |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 13 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jul 1993 |