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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
The National Immunization Survey (NIS) provides state-level estimates of preschool immunization coverage. These coverages are frequently presented in ranked lists, and ranks are frequently over-interpreted. In this paper, we highlight the difficulty in interpreting ranked point estimates. To demonstrate the uncertainty of ranks, parametric bootstrap methods were used to derive 90 per cent confidence intervals for ranks of state vaccination coverage levels among preschool children. We graphically compared states to a reference state. If NIS data are used to rank states, one should consider presenting confidence intervals for rank and the results of comparisons of one state with another graphically.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0277-6715
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Published in 2005 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
605-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Ranking states' immunization coverage: an example from the National Immunization Survey.
pubmed:affiliation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. lsb8@cdc.gov
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article