Andrews, N. J.; Farrington, C. P.; Ward, H. T. J.; Cousens, S. N.; Smith, P. G.; Molesworth, A. M.; Knight, R. S. G.; Ironside, J. W. and Will, R. G.
(2003).
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | http://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12632-3 |
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Abstract
In 2002, 17 people died from variant CJD (vCJD) in the UK, compared with 20 in 2001 and 28 in 2000. We analysed data for deaths from vCJD since 1995 and estimated the underlying trend in mortality. The trend had a quadratic component (p=0·005), suggesting that the increase was not exponential, and that the previously increasing trend is slowing down. The death rate peaked in 2000. These findings are encouraging, but mortality might increase again in the future.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2003 Lancet |
| ISSN: | 0140-6736 |
| Keywords: | Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; mortality statistics; death; demography; statistical measurement; statistics |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Mathematics and Statistics Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) |
| Item ID: | 22624 |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Frain |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Aug 2010 10:24 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2016 13:44 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/22624 |
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