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  • Biostatistics
  • Spatial Epidemiology
  • Public Health Modeling

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  • Classical spatio-temporal models are foundational in disease mapping.
  • Analyzing data with hierarchical spatial structures presents analytical challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To extend classical spatio-temporal models for disease mapping.
  • To introduce flexible models for data with two levels of spatial aggregation.
  • To analyze brain cancer mortality data using novel two-level models.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a family of flexible two-level spatially structured models.
  • Model fitting and inference using integrated nested Laplace approximations (INLA).
  • Performance assessment via simulation studies and real-world data analysis.

Main Results:

  • The proposed two-level models demonstrate good performance across various criteria.
  • Models with two-level spatial random effects show superiority over single-level models.
  • Application to brain cancer mortality data in Spanish regions confirms model efficacy.

Conclusions:

  • The novel two-level spatially structured models offer enhanced flexibility and accuracy in disease mapping.
  • These models effectively handle complex spatial data aggregation.
  • The findings support the adoption of two-level models for improved epidemiological analysis.