Validity can be examined with numerical indices that permit comparisons across time with other registries or within a registry, or comparisons of specified subsets of cases.
With case_visibility_range, we specify the set of cases where a data package is equally visible.
Summary of statistically significant (p < 0.05) space-time clusters* of high partial carcass condemnation rates in Ontario Provincial abattoirs for kidneys (2001-2007).** * SaTScan settings: maximum spatial scanning window specified as 50% of cases; maximum temporal scanning window specified as 50% of the study period.
Summary of statistically significant (p < 0.05) space-time clusters* of high partial carcass condemnation rates in Ontario Provincial abattoirs for lungs (2001-2007).** * SaTScan settings: maximum spatial scanning window specified as 50% of cases; maximum temporal scanning window specified as 50% of the study period.
The advantages of using the scan statistic include controlling for covariates, adjusting for multiple comparisons and various population sizes, and limiting preselection bias by not specifying a priori the observed set of cases within a cluster [ 24, 26, 27].
* includes burning, cutting, firearms, electrocution, suffocation and other specified Cases of suicide who had absconded were significantly younger than those who were on agreed leave (median age 39, range 17-78 vs. 46, range 15-95; p < 0.001).
The most common cancer diagnoses from GH-treated patients in the main analysis were prostate cancer (n=24), breast cancer (n=16), malignant melanoma (n=15, including one case of lentigo maligna), colorectal cancer (n=11), lung cancer (n=11), thyroid cancer (n=9), and glioma (n=9, including specified cases of astrocytoma and glioblastoma multiforme).
The method allows for any inland boundary condition including specified head and specified flux; cases of freshwater lenses caused by infiltration are also considered.
Another problem is the 'not otherwise specified' (NOS) cases of ML in registry data.
This study shows the importance of specifying which cases of AIP are incident and provides supportive evidence for a causal relation between parity and occurrence of incidental AIP.
