Age-Aggregation Bias in Mortality Trends.¶
Gelman, A., & Auerbach, J. (2016). Age-Aggregation Bias in Mortality Trends. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 45-54.
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- Discretization-Induced Artifact
- Epidemiology: age-binning artefacts, where mortality patterns appear "stepped" because age is reported in five-year brackets.
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Shows age-bracket aggregation (one 10-year, 45-54 band) producing a misleading mortality trend; it does not describe stepped patterns or five-year brackets.
“We suspected an aggregation bias and examined whether the increase in aggregate mortality rates could be due to the changing composition of this age group.”
- Epidemiology: age-binning artefacts, where mortality patterns appear "stepped" because age is reported in five-year brackets.
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