Quantitative Issues in Cancer Research Working Group Seminar
Anuraag Gopaluni, PhD Candidate, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University
Methods for accurate real-time estimates of death in the context of reporting delays
Abstract: State-level mortality data in the United States is subject to reporting delays of up to 18 weeks, causing gaps between reported and true mortality in the short-term. Existing methods for correcting gaps from reporting delays do not appropriately account for seasonality or uncertainty in prior lags. We use Massachusetts DPH data to develop a model based on discrete-time survival modeling combined with smoothing that accurately predicts the true death count on a daily basis with appropriate measures of uncertainty.
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