Evaluation of the National Center for Health Statistics Data Presentation Standards for Rates From Vital Statistics and Sample Surveys

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• Personal Author:
  Talih, Makram ; Irimata, Katherine, E. ; Zhang, Guangyu ; Parker, Jennifer, D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Public health report presenting confidence intervals used in the standards for rates from vital
  
  statistics and complex health surveys and evaluating the coverage probability, relative width, and the resulting percentage of rates flagged as statistically unreliable when compared with previously used standards.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Data Collection Epidemiology Health Surveys Vital Statistics
• Keywords:
  gamma confidence interval, log Student’s t confidence interval, statistical reliability, population subgroups, National Vital Statistics System, National Health Care Surveys
• Source:
  National Vital Statistics System
• Series:
  NCHS Vital and Health Statistics Series
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  30 Pages
• Volume:
  2
• Issue:
  198
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fadbba9e7777abef600bed6680d4738ac7a16b02fd71265d920a509e9ddfd1526cc15fd7546d9e4db7c7c5393890292f7790c93129d78e983d7bfd83af7ef14f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/123462/cdc_123462_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.26 MB ]