Spatial epidemiology is the description and analysis of the geographical distribution of
disease. It is more important now than ever, with modern threats such as bio-terrorism …

The infant mortality rate is a fundamental measure of population health used internationally.
In the United States, the infant mortality rate is higher than what would be expected for a …

Current risk mapping models for pooled data focus on the estimated risk for each
geographical unit. A risk classification, that is, grouping of geographical units with similar …

Lyme borreliosis (LB) and nephropathia epidemica (NE) are zoonoses resulting from two
different transmission mechanisms and the action of two different pathogens: the bacterium …

Abstract Background The statistical Bayesian approach is widely used in disease mapping
and Poisson regression. Results differ depending on the underlying hypothesis. Our …

Representing the health state of a region is a helpful tool to highlight spatial heterogeneity
and localize high risk areas. For ease of interpretation and to determine where to apply …

This study investigated the impact of spatial location on the effectiveness of population‐
based breast screening in reducing breast cancer mortality compared to other detection …

Background: LARGE INTESTINE CANCER is ranked second among gastrointestinal
cancers and is the fourth common cancer in Iran. The aim of this study is to map the county …

This thesis develops and evaluates Small Area Estimation (SAE) methods to provide
estimates of prevalence rates of health risk factors for Local Government Areas (LGAs) in …

A robust version of residual maximum likelihood estimation for Poisson log‐linear mixed
model is developed, and the method is extended to k‐component Poisson mixture with …