Applications of Additive Semivarying Coefficient Models: Monthly Suicide Data from Hong Kong

Huggins, Richard M.; Hall, Peter; Yip, Paul S.F.; Bui, Quang M.

Applications of Additive Semivarying Coefficient Models: Monthly Suicide Data from Hong Kong

2007

Huggins, Richard M. | Hall, Peter | Yip, Paul S.F. | Bui, Quang M.

A semivarying coefficient model for the monthly numbers of suicides in Hong Kong is developed and a new estimation procedure for estimating the parametric component is proposed. The estimators are examined in a small simulation study and fitted to monthly suicide data to estimate a nonparametric long-term trend and parametric seasonal and socioeconomic effects. Fitting the model detected interpretable structure in the data that is consistent with that driving public health policy. While exploratory, the analysis motivates the collection of more detailed data and the development of more sophisticated models to help determine target groups and strategies to reduce the suicide rate in Hong Kong.

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Mots clés AGROVOC

analysis of variance biometry biometry china epidemiology hong kong humans methods models models models risk assessment risk factors

Informations bibliographiques

Publié dans

Biometrics

ISSN 0006-341X

Editeur

Indian Ecological Society

D'autres materias

Biological; Longitudinal data; Suicide; Statistical; Statistics as topic; Data interpretation; Statistical; Local polynomial model; Proportional hazards models; Semivarying coefficients; Suicide; Health policy; Computer simulation; Statistics & numerical data; Prevention & control

Langue

anglais

Type

Text; Journal Article

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DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0420.2006.00727.x

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