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... costing the health impacts of ambient particulate air pollution in the UK. Edinburgh, December 2000. 6. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. AD-HOC GROUP ON THE ECONOMIC APPRAISAL OF THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF AIR ... Chairman of the WorkingGroup Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands Aaron Cohen Rapporteur of the WorkingGroup Health Effects Institute, Boston, USA Jack Dowie London School of Hygiene ... pollution. The WorkingGroup focused its attention mainly on the choice ofhealth outcomes for use in health impact assessments, and on how epidemiologic estimates of the effects of air pollution...
... TRANSLATION OFHEALTH INSURANCE TERMS OF EQUIVALENCE GROUP 14II.1. An overview of equivalence relationships in the translation ofhealth insurance terms 14II.2. Classification ofhealth insurance ... III: THE TRANSLATION OFHEALTH INSURANCE TERMS OF NON-EQUIVALENCE GROUP 28III.1. The source of non-equivalence problem in the translation of health insurance terms in the US health plans 28III.2. ... HI terms of equivalence group. It may be concluded that amateur 32 Strategies: translated with the deletion or omission of the preposition OF 2. The terms of non-equivalence group Group 4:...
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... thepopulation.Thenumberofwomensherepresentsinthepopulationiscalledhersamplingweight.Samplingweightsmayvaryconsiderablyfromthisaveragevaluedependingontherespondentsrace,theresponserateforsimilarwomen,andotherfactors.Aswithanysamplesurvey,theestimatesinthisreportaresubjecttosamplingvariability.SignicancetestsonNSFGdatashouldbedonetakingthesamplingdesignintoaccount.Nonsamplingerrorswereminimizedbystringentquality-controlproceduresthatincludedthoroughinterviewertraining,checkingtheconsistencyofanswersduringandaftertheinterview,imputingmissingdata,andadjustingthesamplingweightsfornonresponseandundercoveragetomatchnationaltotals.Estimatesofsamplingerrorsandotherstatisticalaspectsofthesurveyaredescribedinmoredetailinanotherseparatereport(13).Thisreportshowsndingsbycharacteristicsofthewomaninterviewed,includingherage,maritalstatus,education,parity,householdincomedividedbythepovertylevel,andraceandHispanicorigin.IthasbeenshownthatblackandHispanicwomenhavemarkedlylowerlevelsofincome,education,andaccesstohealthcareandhealthinsurance,thanwhitewomen(14).Theseandotherfactors,ratherthanraceororiginperse,probablyaccountfordifferencesinthebehaviorsandoutcomesstudiedinthisreportamongwhite,black,andHispanicwomen(15).TableBshowsafactorthatshouldbeconsideredininterpretingtrendsinpregnancy-relatedbehaviorintheUnitedStates:thechangingagecompositionofthereproductive-agepopulation.In1982,therewere54.1millionwomenofreproductiveageintheUnitedStates;in1988,57.9million;andin1995,60.2million(16).Thelargebabyboomcohort,bornbetween1946and1964,was1834yearsofagein1982,2442yearsofagein1988,and3149yearsofagein1995.Theselargebirthcohortswerepreceded(upto1945)andfollowed(196580)bysmallercohorts.Whiletheoverallnumberofwomen1544yearsofageroseby6million,or11percentbetween1982and1995,thenumberofteenagewomendroppedbyabout6percent,thenumberofwomen2024yearsofagedroppedby15percent,andthenumberofwomen2529droppedby6percent(tableB).Incontrast,thenumberofwomen3044yearsofageincreasedsharplyforexample,thenumberofwomen4044yearsofageincreasedby59percentbetween1982and1995.Also,women3044yearsofageaccountedfor54percentofwomen1544yearsofagein1995comparedwith44percentin1982.Thesedifferencesinagecompositionmayberelevantwhenevertimetrendsamongwomen1544yearsofagearebeingdiscussed.Publicuselesbasedonthe1995NSFGareavailableoncomputertape.TheywillalsobeavailableonCompactDiscRead-OnlyMemory(CD-ROM).QuestionsaboutthecostandavailabilityofthecomputertapesshouldbedirectedtotheNationalTechnicalInformationService(NTIS),5285PortRoyalRoad,Springeld,VA22161,703487-4650,or1800-553-NTIS.QuestionsregardingtheCD-ROMlesshouldbedirectedtoNCHSDataDisseminationBranchat301436-8500.ResultsTables117containmeasuresofpregnancyandbirthintheUnitedStates.ChildrenEverBornandTotalBirthsExpectedIn1995,women1544yearsofageintheUnitedStateshadhadanaverageof1.2birthsperwoman(table1).Thiscompareswith1.2in1988and1.3in1982(17).In1995,women1544yearsofageexpectedtonishtheirchildbearingwithanaverageof2.2childrenperwoman(table1)comparedwith2.2in1988and2.4in1982(17).Theproportionwhoreportthattheyhaveneverbeenpregnantwasmarkedlyhigherforcollegegraduatesthanforthosewhodidnotcompletehighschool(table3).Thissamepatternbyeducationisalsoseenwhendataforlivebirthsareexamined(tables45):about49percentofwomen2244yearsofagewhohadgraduatedfromcollegehadhadnolivebirthsasofthedateofinterviewcomparedwithjust8percentofwomen2244yearsofagewithoutahighschooldiploma(table4).WithinraceandHispanicorigingroups,thepatternwasthesame:collegegraduateshadmarkedlyhigherpercentschildlessthanwomenwithlesseducation(table5).Table6showsacomparisonbetweenlivebirthsreportedintheNSFGandlivebirthsregisteredonbirthcerticatesintheyears199194.Ineachindividualcalendaryearandforthesumoftheyears199194,theNSFGestimateofthenumberofbirthsisveryclosetothebirthcerticatetotalanddiffersfromitbylessthantheNSFGssamplingerror.TheNSFGestimateisalsoverycloseforwhitewomen.TheNSFGestimateforblackwomenisslightlylower,andtheestimateforotherracessomewhathigherthanthebirthcerticatedata.AdiscussionofthisdifferenceisgiveninthedenitionofRaceandHispanicoriginintheDenitionsofTerms.Overall,andbycharacteristicsotherthanrace,however,table6showsthatTableB.Numberofwomen,byage:UnitedStates,1982,1988,and1995Ageơ ... thepopulation.Thenumberofwomensherepresentsinthepopulationiscalledhersamplingweight.Samplingweightsmayvaryconsiderablyfromthisaveragevaluedependingontherespondentsrace,theresponserateforsimilarwomen,andotherfactors.Aswithanysamplesurvey,theestimatesinthisreportaresubjecttosamplingvariability.SignicancetestsonNSFGdatashouldbedonetakingthesamplingdesignintoaccount.Nonsamplingerrorswereminimizedbystringentquality-controlproceduresthatincludedthoroughinterviewertraining,checkingtheconsistencyofanswersduringandaftertheinterview,imputingmissingdata,andadjustingthesamplingweightsfornonresponseandundercoveragetomatchnationaltotals.Estimatesofsamplingerrorsandotherstatisticalaspectsofthesurveyaredescribedinmoredetailinanotherseparatereport(13).Thisreportshowsndingsbycharacteristicsofthewomaninterviewed,includingherage,maritalstatus,education,parity,householdincomedividedbythepovertylevel,andraceandHispanicorigin.IthasbeenshownthatblackandHispanicwomenhavemarkedlylowerlevelsofincome,education,andaccesstohealthcareandhealthinsurance,thanwhitewomen(14).Theseandotherfactors,ratherthanraceororiginperse,probablyaccountfordifferencesinthebehaviorsandoutcomesstudiedinthisreportamongwhite,black,andHispanicwomen(15).TableBshowsafactorthatshouldbeconsideredininterpretingtrendsinpregnancy-relatedbehaviorintheUnitedStates:thechangingagecompositionofthereproductive-agepopulation.In1982,therewere54.1millionwomenofreproductiveageintheUnitedStates;in1988,57.9million;andin1995,60.2million(16).Thelargebabyboomcohort,bornbetween1946and1964,was1834yearsofagein1982,2442yearsofagein1988,and3149yearsofagein1995.Theselargebirthcohortswerepreceded(upto1945)andfollowed(196580)bysmallercohorts.Whiletheoverallnumberofwomen1544yearsofageroseby6million,or11percentbetween1982and1995,thenumberofteenagewomendroppedbyabout6percent,thenumberofwomen2024yearsofagedroppedby15percent,andthenumberofwomen2529droppedby6percent(tableB).Incontrast,thenumberofwomen3044yearsofageincreasedsharplyforexample,thenumberofwomen4044yearsofageincreasedby59percentbetween1982and1995.Also,women3044yearsofageaccountedfor54percentofwomen1544yearsofagein1995comparedwith44percentin1982.Thesedifferencesinagecompositionmayberelevantwhenevertimetrendsamongwomen1544yearsofagearebeingdiscussed.Publicuselesbasedonthe1995NSFGareavailableoncomputertape.TheywillalsobeavailableonCompactDiscRead-OnlyMemory(CD-ROM).QuestionsaboutthecostandavailabilityofthecomputertapesshouldbedirectedtotheNationalTechnicalInformationService(NTIS),5285PortRoyalRoad,Springeld,VA22161,703487-4650,or1800-553-NTIS.QuestionsregardingtheCD-ROMlesshouldbedirectedtoNCHSDataDisseminationBranchat301436-8500.ResultsTables117containmeasuresofpregnancyandbirthintheUnitedStates.ChildrenEverBornandTotalBirthsExpectedIn1995,women1544yearsofageintheUnitedStateshadhadanaverageof1.2birthsperwoman(table1).Thiscompareswith1.2in1988and1.3in1982(17).In1995,women1544yearsofageexpectedtonishtheirchildbearingwithanaverageof2.2childrenperwoman(table1)comparedwith2.2in1988and2.4in1982(17).Theproportionwhoreportthattheyhaveneverbeenpregnantwasmarkedlyhigherforcollegegraduatesthanforthosewhodidnotcompletehighschool(table3).Thissamepatternbyeducationisalsoseenwhendataforlivebirthsareexamined(tables45):about49percentofwomen2244yearsofagewhohadgraduatedfromcollegehadhadnolivebirthsasofthedateofinterviewcomparedwithjust8percentofwomen2244yearsofagewithoutahighschooldiploma(table4).WithinraceandHispanicorigingroups,thepatternwasthesame:collegegraduateshadmarkedlyhigherpercentschildlessthanwomenwithlesseducation(table5).Table6showsacomparisonbetweenlivebirthsreportedintheNSFGandlivebirthsregisteredonbirthcerticatesintheyears199194.Ineachindividualcalendaryearandforthesumoftheyears199194,theNSFGestimateofthenumberofbirthsisveryclosetothebirthcerticatetotalanddiffersfromitbylessthantheNSFGssamplingerror.TheNSFGestimateisalsoverycloseforwhitewomen.TheNSFGestimateforblackwomenisslightlylower,andtheestimateforotherracessomewhathigherthanthebirthcerticatedata.AdiscussionofthisdifferenceisgiveninthedenitionofRaceandHispanicoriginintheDenitionsofTerms.Overall,andbycharacteristicsotherthanrace,however,table6showsthatTableB.Numberofwomen,byage:UnitedStates,1982,1988,and1995Ageơ ... 1995 National Survey of Family Growth.Vital Health Stat Series 2 (inpreparation).14. 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