Application of the modified PGW method for determining the smoking attributable fraction of deaths in New Zealand Maori, Pacific and non-Maori non-Pacific populations

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Application of the modified PGW method for determining the smoking attributable fraction of deaths in New Zealand Maori, Pacific and non-Maori non-Pacific populations

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BACKGROUND Preston, Glei and Wilmoth recently proposed a new method for estimating smoking-attributable mortality in high income countries and an improvement to the method was proposed by Rostron. The method greatly simplifies estimation of smoking attributable fractions but additional testing has been recommended to validate the approach. OBJECTIVE We apply the Rostron (PGW-R) method to ethnic groups in New Zealand and compare the results with published estimates from other sources with the ...

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2013-02-01

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Peter Sandiford / Dale Bramley

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Demographic Research

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http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol28/7/

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Demography / Population / Vital events

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