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. 2019 Jun 5;17(6):e05709. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5709

Table J.5.

Numerical illustration of proportional allocation under Scenario Va , b , c

MS Strata Stratum capacity Proportion Cumulative proportion Allocation proportion (πN.Epi.K) Samples per quarter (XN.Epi.K) Sample unit available (YN.Epi.K) Samples takenc
Country X P 66,000,000 0.1346 0.1346 0.2075 10 13 13
Country X G 65,000,000 0.1326 0.2672 0.2044 10 6 6
Country X M 54,000,000 0.1101 0.3773 0.1698 8 7 7
Country X Q 46,000,000 0.0938 0.4711 0.1447 7 11 11
Country X O 46,000,000 0.0938 0.5649 0.1447 7 3 3
Country X D 41,000,000 0.0836 0.6485 0.1289 6 5 5
Country X K 39,000,000 0.0795 0.7280 0 0
Country X C 27,000,000 0.0551 0.7831 0 0
Country X E 24,000,000 0.0489 0.8320 0 0
Country X A 22,000,000 0.0449 0.8769 0 0
Country X F 19,000,000 0.0387 0.9156 0 0
Country X L 16,000,000 0.0326 0.9482 0 0
Country X J 13,000,000 0.0265 0.9747 0 0
Country X H 12,000,000 0.0245 0.9992 0 0
Country X B 259,000 0.0005 0.9997 0 0
Country X R 30,000 0.0001 0.9998 0 0
Country X N 28,000 0.0001 0.9999 0 0
Country X I 25,000 0.0001 1 0 0
Total 18 490,342,000 1 1 48 45 45
a

The calculation is based on the conventions that the Total number of samples/isolates to be sampled in a year equals 170 and the Number of samples/isolates to be sampled per quarter equals 43, without accounting for any bacteria prevalence nor considering potential missingness (missing data).

b

Colour legend:

Green Cells: Selected Stratum representing 60% of the total throughput, inhabitants or isolates collected in the MS.

Yellow Cells: Stratum for which the available samples/isolates is smaller than the number of samples/isolates to be sampled.

Orange Cells: Stratum for which the available samples/isolates is larger than the number of samples/isolates to be sampled.

c

Final adjustments accounting for the prevalence of the bacteria and rate of recovery after storage are not addressed in this illustration.