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© 1978 Oxford University Press

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The Estimation of Disease Frequency using a Population Sample

G E FRASER1

1 Position at time work was done: New Zealand Medical Research Council Fellow in Epidemiology, Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand. Present Position: New Zealand National Heart Foundation Fellow in Clinical Cardiology, Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene, School of Public Health, Stadium Gate 27, 611 Beacon Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455, U S A.

A method of determining disease frequency is developed. The statistical theory allows the estimation of incidence or prevalence credibility intervals both for the collection of all cases and where resources are such that only a representative sample of all cases is used. The sampling technique may be of value in areas where financial and manpower resources are limited. In most situations a single, professional investigetor could produce satisfactory results.

Received 7 September 1977


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