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Activity Number:
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130
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 1, 2016 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistics in Epidemiology
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Abstract #320911
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Title:
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Novel Application of a Weighted Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial Model in Modeling Count Data from a Complex Survey
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Author(s):
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Mulugeta Gebregziabher* and Lin Dai
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Companies:
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Medical University of South Carolina and Medical University of South Carolina
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Keywords:
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HIV ;
multi-country survey data ;
negative binomial ;
regional variation ;
zero-inflation
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Abstract:
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We demonstrate a novel application of a weighted zero-inflated negative binomial model to quantify regional variation in HIV-AIDS prevalence in sub-Saharan African countries. We use data from latest round of the Demographic and Health survey (DHS) conducted in three countries (Ethiopia-2011, Kenya-2009 and Rwanda-2010). The outcome is an aggregate count of HIV cases in each census enumeration area (CEA) from the DHS of the three sub-Saharan African countries. Data are characterized by excess zeros and heterogeneity due to clustering. We compare several scale-weighting approaches to account for the complex survey design and clustering in a zero inflated negative binomial (ZINB) model. Finally, we provide marginalized rate ratio (RR) estimates from the best ZINB model.
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