The proportions of diarrhea-related visits predicted to be attributable to norovirus, rotavirus, background, or secular trends for each month were estimated by multiplying the monthly values for each predictor with its corresponding coefficient in the regression model.
In 2007, it is estimated that upwards of 200 000 and 30 000 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the United States and United Kingdom, respectively, with more than 27 000 deaths predicted to be attributable to this disease in the United States alone (Office of National Statistics, 2006; Jemal et al, 2007).
Likewise, the cumulative number of deaths attributable to HAV over 20 years is predicted to be 262 instead of 138.
This age group also experienced the largest absolute increase in the number of deaths, with an excess of 58 deaths predicted by the model to be attributable to the heat wave period, compared to 38 in younger persons, even though they represent a smaller population.
Part of the predicted slowdown is attributable to an increase in Germany's value-added tax (VAT) from 16% to 19%, which took effect Jan . 1
Ongoing and future vegetative changes and current sea level rises and the attendant inundation of India's low-lying coastal areas are other impacts, current or predicted, that are attributable to global warming.
In their study, Bharanidharan et al. [ 11] reported that the variations of Arg, Val, Asp, Glu, Ser, and Cys from predicted values were attributable to selection pressure at the amino acid level, while the variations of Thr, Phe, Lys, and Asn arose only from mutation and selection pressure at the level of the nucleic acid sequences.
Although the direction of a bias due to measurement error on an adjustment factor is generally difficult to predict, this observation might be attributable to LMP-based gestational age being more efficiently assessed in the subgroup of women with regular cycles.
The model for the relationship between piperaquine concentrations measured in venous and capillary blood adjusted for parasitaemia showed the least amount of variability between observed and predicted concentrations, but this may be attributable to the large proportion of undetectable results at the lower end of the concentration range for the capillary measurements.
Nevertheless, the observed decrease was larger than the predicted decline by 15/100 000/year, which could be attributable to other factors other than the reduction in malaria.
5 The use of risk-adjusted mortality rates as quality indicators assumes that the discrepancy between predicted and observed mortality is attributable to the quality of care provided.
