Sir—McCarty DJ et a/. 1 discuss the potential use of capture-recapture methodology in
epidemiology and propose, through this method, a universal approach to correct incidence …

It is unlikely that these assumptions will hold in an epidemiological study. For example, in a
cancer registry two sources often used are death certificates and hospital discharge records …

The authors used “internal validity analysis” to evaluate the performance of various capture-
recapture methods. Data from studies with five overlapping, incomplete lists generated …

Background The application of capture-recapture methods in epidemiology has been
proposed as an alternative to field surveys. This methodology is Important for the future of …

Accurate rates, though fundamental to epidemiology, are often very difficult to obtain.
Incidence, prevalence, and mortality rates have traditionally been established through either …

Capture-recapture methods, largely developed in ecology, are now commonly used in
epidemiology to adjust for incomplete registries and to estimate the size of difficult-to-reach …

Almost all reported prevalence studies of which we are aware make exhaustive attempts to
find diagnosed individuals and report all affected individuals, but make no attempt to …

By matching several sources of information coming from the same population, the capture-
recapture method allows, if matches between sources can be identified, to estimate the …

To make policy on disease control and to put it into practice, public health officials need to
know the size and composition of target populations. Incidence and prevalence estimates …

This glossary provides basic definitions for terms that have a specific meaning in the
application of the capture–recapture methodology, particularly with respect to standard …