Hello, I am using the dstdize command to calculate age-standardize death
rates based on a standard population.
Does anyone know what the underlying distribution for the standard
error and confidence intervals is using the dstdize command? I assume
it is a binomal distribution but would like some confirmation.
Also, some of my event counts are less than 100, necessitating a
Poisson distribution for the CI's for these rates instead of a binomial
distribution. Can dstdize be used or modified to determine such rates
(i.e. has someone written code for this), or would I have to calculate
these myself using the standard equations?
Thanks,
David
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David B Hanna
[email protected]
HIV Epidemiology Program
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
346 Broadway, Room 706, CN44
New York, NY 10013-4089
Phone 212 788 2066
FAX 212 788 2520
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