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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Epidemiol. 2015 May 7;182(2):127–137. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwv002

Table 2.

Comparisons of MO-CLS Direct Estimates of the Prevalence of Selected Health Indictors With BRFSS Model-Based Estimates Among Adults Aged ≥18 Years for All 115 Counties in Missouria, 2011

Indicator and
Type of Estimate
ρb γc Prevalence Estimate, %
Accuracyd
Rankinge
Minimum Quartile 1 Median Quartile 3 Maximum IQRf Rangeg No. % No. %
COPD
    MO-CLSh 3.8 7.8 9.6 12.3 20.7 4.5 16.9
    Weightedi 0.56 0.54 5.1 8.7 9.7 11.1 16.9 2.4 11.8 94 81.7 84 73.0
    Unweightedj 0.69 0.63 5.9 8.4 9.3 10.4 13.2 2.0 7.3 95 82.6 88 76.5
Current smoking
    MO-CLS 8.4 21.1 24.2 27.0 45.5 5.9 37.1
    Weighted 0.32 0.20 17.4 22.9 25.4 29.6 44.4 6.7 27.0 85 73.9 80 69.6
    Unweighted 0.40 0.32 20.2 23.3 24.7 26.2 31.7 2.9 11.5 96 83.5 88 76.5
Obesityk
    MO-CLS 20.5 28.8 32.9 35.8 50.4 7.0 29.9
    Weighted 0.30 0.22 23.2 29.3 31.7 34.4 44.3 5.1 21.1 91 79.1 87 75.7
    Unweighted 0.28 0.17 24.7 29.1 30.9 32.5 38.7 3.4 14.0 98 85.2 91 79.1
Diabetes
    MO-CLS 6.3 9.8 11.9 13.6 22.6 3.8 16.3
    Weighted 0.52 0.45 6.8 10.6 11.5 12.6 18.3 2.0 11.5 97 84.3 92 80.0
    Unweighted 0.51 0.50 7.3 9.7 10.8 11.7 14.8 2.0 7.5 99 86.1 91 79.1
Uninsuredl
    MO-CLS 12.2 20.1 25.4 31.4 61.3 11.3 49.1
    Weighted 0.28 0.19 11.1 20.4 23.2 26.8 45.2 6.4 34.1 84 73.0 79 68.7
    Unweighted 0.28 0.22 13.5 20.0 21.7 23.7 30.6 3.7 17.1 83 72.2 78 67.8

Abbreviations: BRFSS, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; IQR, interquartile range; MO-CLS, Missouri County-Level Study.

a

114 Missouri counties and the City of St. Louis.

b

Pearson linear correlation coefficient.

c

Spearman rank correlation coefficient.

d

Number and percentage of counties with BRFSS model-based county-level estimates that were within the 95% confidence intervals of corresponding MO-CLS direct survey estimates.

e

Number and percentage of counties with rankings based on BRFSS model-based county-level estimates that were within the 95% confidence intervals of the rankings based on MO-CLS direct survey estimates.

f

Third quartile minus first quartile.

g

Difference between the maximum and minimum values.

h

Direct survey estimates from the MO-CLS.

i

Small area estimates based on the multilevel prevalence models with the BRFSS survey weights in the model-fitting.

j

Small area estimates based on the multilevel prevalence models without the BRFSS survey weights in the model-fitting.

k

Obesity was defined as body mass index (weight (kg)/height (m)2) ≥30.

l

Percentage of adults aged 18–64 years without health insurance.