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Research Article
Ranking states' immunization coverage: an example from the National Immunization Survey†
Article first published online: 28 JAN 2005
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2039
This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the U.S.A. Published in 2005 by John Wiley & Sons. Ltd.
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Statistics in Medicine
Special Issue: 9th Biennial CDC/ATSDR Symposium on Statistical Methods: Study Design and Decision Making in Public Health
Volume 24, Issue 4, pages 605–613, 28 February 2005
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Barker, L. E., Smith, P. J., Gerzoff, R. B., Luman, E. T., McCauley, M. M. and Strine, T. W. (2005), Ranking states' immunization coverage: an example from the National Immunization Survey. Statist. Med., 24: 605–613. doi: 10.1002/sim.2039
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 28 JAN 2005
- Article first published online: 28 JAN 2005
- Manuscript Accepted: JUL 2004
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Keywords:
- immunizations;
- national immunization survey;
- parametric bootstrap;
- ranks
Abstract
The National Immunization Survey (NIS) provides state-level estimates of preschool immunization coverage. These coverages are frequently presented in ranked lists, and ranks are frequently over-interpreted. In this paper, we highlight the difficulty in interpreting ranked point estimates. To demonstrate the uncertainty of ranks, parametric bootstrap methods were used to derive 90 per cent confidence intervals for ranks of state vaccination coverage levels among preschool children. We graphically compared states to a reference state. If NIS data are used to rank states, one should consider presenting confidence intervals for rank and the results of comparisons of one state with another graphically. Published in 2005 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.