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Disease mapping models: an empirical evaluation. Disease Mapping Collaborative Group.

A B Lawson1, A B Biggeri, D Boehning

  • 1Department of Mathematical Sciences, King's College, University of Aberdeen, UK.

Statistics in Medicine
|August 29, 2000
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Comparing disease mapping methods is crucial. The gamma-Poisson exchangeable and Besag, York and Mollie (BYM) models show the most robustness for analyzing small area disease incidence across various data simulations.

Area of Science:

  • Biostatistics
  • Epidemiology
  • Spatial Analysis

Background:

  • Numerous methods exist for small area disease incidence analysis.
  • Limited research compares the relative performance of these disease mapping methods.
  • Bayesian models are often assessed for prior sensitivity, but broader method comparisons are scarce.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the goodness-of-fit of various disease mapping methods.
  • To compare method performance using simulated disease incidence data from diverse models.
  • To identify robust methods for small area disease mapping.

Main Methods:

  • Simulated disease incidence data generated from models with varying complexity (risk gradients, spatial correlation).
  • Assessment of goodness-of-fit for multiple disease mapping techniques.

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  • Comparative analysis of model robustness across different simulated scenarios.

    • Main Results:

    • The gamma-Poisson exchangeable model and the Besag, York and Mollie (BYM) model demonstrated superior robustness.
    • Mixture models exhibited lower robustness compared to the top-performing models.
    • Non-parametric smoothing methods generally performed poorly.
    • Linear Bayes methods showed performance comparable to gamma-Poisson methods.

    Conclusions:

    • The gamma-Poisson exchangeable and BYM models are recommended for their robustness in small area disease mapping.
    • Careful consideration of method choice is essential, as performance varies significantly with data structure.
    • Further research is needed to fully understand the performance characteristics of different disease mapping approaches.