Dear allstat members:
I appreciate your help on the following problem:
I estimated the number of ilegal abortions in a population in one year.
For calculating this estimate I used the proportion of abortions
in that population that were hospitalized during the year (through a gp
sentinel network I obtained 10 %) and the number of hospitalisations with
a diagnosis of abortion alson in that population (around 3000 ).
What is the correct way to obtain a 95% CI for this estimate ?
Many thanks in advance
Carlos Matias Dias
Centro de Epidemiologia e Bioestatística
Observatório Nacional de Saúde
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge
Av. Padre Cruz 1699 Lisboa codex
Portugal
Telef: + 01 7510535
Fax: + 01 7573671
Correio electrónico: [log in to unmask]
Carlos Matias Dias
Centro de Epidemiologia e Bioestatística
Observatório Nacional de Saúde
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge
Av. Padre Cruz 1699 Lisboa codex
Portugal
Telef: + 01 7510535
Fax: + 01 7573671
Correio electrónico: [log in to unmask]
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