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Exploratory tools for disease mapping in geographical epidemiology

C Cislaghi1, A Biggeri, M Braga

  • 1Institute of Medical Statistics and Biometry, University of Milan, Italy.

Statistics in Medicine
|November 15, 1995
PubMed
Summary

This study introduces a new shrinkage estimator for relative risk, beneficial for disease mapping. It demonstrates improved accuracy compared to existing methods when analyzing cancer data in Italy.

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Area of Science:

  • Epidemiology
  • Biostatistics
  • Spatial Analysis

Background:

  • Disease mapping requires accurate relative risk estimation.
  • Existing empirical and full Bayes estimators have limitations.
  • Shrinkage estimators offer potential improvements in spatial epidemiology.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and evaluate a novel shrinkage estimator for relative risk in disease mapping.
  • To compare the performance of the new estimator against empirical and full Bayes methods.
  • To assess the utility of the estimator using real-world cancer data.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized death certificate data for lung and breast cancer in Italy (1982-1988).
  • Employed recursive partitioning to obtain relative risk estimates.

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  • Averaged relative risks across partitions, with partition number acting as a smoothing parameter.
  • Compared the new shrinkage estimator with empirical and full Bayes estimators.

    • Main Results:

    • The new shrinkage estimator demonstrated effectiveness in disease mapping applications.
    • Performance was evaluated against established empirical and full Bayes methods.
    • The degree of shrinkage was inversely related to the number of partitions used.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed shrinkage estimator is a valuable tool for disease mapping.
    • It offers a viable alternative to existing methods for relative risk estimation.
    • The method's smoothing parameter allows for flexible control over risk estimation.