@article{ref1,
title="Estimation of reporting delay and suicide incidence in Hong Kong",
journal="Statistics in Medicine",
year="2004",
author="Cui, Jisheng S. and Yip, Paul S. F. and Chau, Pui Hing",
volume="23",
number="3",
pages="467-476",
abstract="This paper uses a semi-parametric method to examine the reporting delay distribution in suicides in Hong Kong reporting system. The data arise from a rightly truncated situation in which only suicide cases registered before a specific time are known to have occurred; otherwise they are not recorded in the known death files even if they have occurred. It is shown that the poisoning-related suicide deaths have a longer reporting delay than other suicide methods. By modelling the reporting delay function, a Horvitz-Thompson-type estimator is suggested to adjust for reporting delay and to provide a more timely estimate of the suicide incidences for monitoring the suicide problem in Hong Kong. Based on these analyses, we recommended a suitable cut-off date to collect suicide cases occurring in the previous year and reported before this date in Hong Kong.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0277-6715",
doi="10.1002/sim.1604",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sim.1604"
}