With the advent of routine health data indexed at a fine geographical resolution, small area
disease mapping studies have become an established technique in geographical …

This paper reviews empirical Bayes methods for disease mapping. A distinction is made
between spatial models (which take into account the geographical distribution of disease) …

Four classes of Bayesian hierarchical models were evaluated using an historical dataset
from an abattoir survey for fasciolosis conducted in Victoria, Australia. The purpose of this …

Background Little is known about small-area variation in healthy longevity of older people
and its socioeconomic correlates. This study aimed to estimate health expectancy at 65 …

This article presents a geostatistical methodology that accounts for spatially varying
population size in the processing of cancer mortality data. The approach proceeds in two …

The construction and smoothing of disease maps has been the object of many
methodological developments in recent years, but the analysis of edge effects has been a …

Lyme disease (LD) occurrence in New York State (NYS) has not only increased over time
but also spread throughout the state from the original disease focus in southeastern NYS …

Maps in which small areas, such as districts, are represented by colours, shades or symbols
with sizes determined by the values of estimates are regarded as an indispensable …