Table 1.

Selected applications of network scale-up method (NSUM) studies to date

Population estimated	Location of study	References
Deaths in earthquake	Mexico City, Mexico	Bernard et al11
Women who have been raped	Mexico City, Mexico	Bernard et al11
HIV prevalence, women who have been raped, the homeless	United States	Killworth et al12
Heroin use	14 cities in the United States	Kadushin et al13
Children injured from ingesting foreign bodies	Piedmont, Italy	Snidero et al14
Children experiencing choking	Italy	Snidero et al15
Populations most at risk for HIV/AIDS (people who inject drugs, people who sell sex, men who have sex with men), bridge populations (sexual partners of people who inject drugs, clients of female sex workers, female sex partners of men who have sex with men), people living with HIV	Ukraine	Paniotto et al16
Populations at increased risk for HIV/AIDS	Moldova	In preparation, 2010
People who use drugs heavily	Curitiba, Brazil	Salganik et al17