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    A Comparison of Cluster and Systematic Sampling Methods for Measuring Crude Mortality.

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    Authors
    Rose, A
    Grais, R
    Coulombier, D
    Ritter, H
    Affiliation
    Epicentre, Paris, France. angela.rose@epicentre.msf.org
    Issue Date
    2006-04
    
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    Journal
    Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    Abstract
    OBJECTIVE: To compare the results of two different survey sampling techniques (cluster and systematic) used to measure retrospective mortality on the same population at about the same time. METHODS: Immediately following a cluster survey to assess mortality retrospectively in a town in North Darfur, Sudan in 2005, we conducted a systematic survey on the same population and again measured mortality retrospectively. This was only possible because the geographical layout of the town, and the availability of a good previous estimate of the population size and distribution, were conducive to the systematic survey design. RESULTS: Both the cluster and the systematic survey methods gave similar results below the emergency threshold for crude mortality (0.80 versus 0.77 per 10,000/day, respectively). The results for mortality in children under 5 years old (U5MR) were different (1.16 versus 0.71 per 10,000/day), although this difference was not statistically significant. The 95% confidence intervals were wider in each case for the cluster survey, especially for the U5MR (0.15-2.18 for the cluster versus 0.09-1.33 for the systematic survey). CONCLUSION: Both methods gave similar age and sex distributions. The systematic survey, however, allowed for an estimate of the town's population size, and a smaller sample could have been used. This study was conducted in a purely operational, rather than a research context. A research study into alternative methods for measuring retrospective mortality in areas with mortality significantly above the emergency threshold is needed, and is planned for 2006.
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    Published by WHO
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10144/18813
    DOI
    /S0042-96862006000400013
    PubMed ID
    16628302
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    http://www.who.int/bulletin/en
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    0042-9686
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    /S0042-96862006000400013
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