- Title
- Preliminary investigation into estimating eye disease incidence rate from age specific prevalence data
- Creator
- Majeke, Lunga
- Subject
- Medicine -- Research -- Statistical methods
- Subject
- Eye -- Diseases -- Statistics
- Subject
- Incidence functions
- Subject
- Regression analysis -- Data processing
- Subject
- Regression analysis -- Mathematical models -- Evaluation
- Subject
- Medical statistics
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MSc (Biostatistics and Epidemiology)
- Identifier
- vital:11776
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/464
- Identifier
- Medicine -- Research -- Statistical methods
- Identifier
- Eye -- Diseases -- Statistics
- Identifier
- Incidence functions
- Identifier
- Regression analysis -- Data processing
- Identifier
- Regression analysis -- Mathematical models -- Evaluation
- Identifier
- Medical statistics
- Description
- This study presents the methodology for estimating the incidence rate from the age specific prevalence data of three different eye diseases. We consider both situations where the mortality may differ from one person to another, with and without the disease. The method used was developed by Marvin J. Podgor for estimating incidence rate from prevalence data. It delves into the application of logistic regression to obtain the smoothed prevalence rates that helps in obtaining incidence rate. The study concluded that the use of logistic regression can produce a meaningful model, and the incidence rates of these diseases were not affected by the assumption of differential mortality.
- Format
- 60 leaves; 30 cm
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Science & Agriculture
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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