A Microcomputer Program for the Indirect Standardisation of Rates and Proportions

Abstract

Indirect standardisation is a statistical method for the adjustment of confounding bias in the comparison of rates and proportions. This article describes a microcomputer program, written in BASIC, to carry out the computations for the Indirect standardisation method. The program outputs the crude rate, covariates-adjusted rate and standardised mortality/morbidity ratio (SMR) and its confidence limits for each comparison group. The program listing and other pertinent information on the use of the program are available from the authors.

Keywords

BASIC program Comparison of rates Indirect standardisation Microcomputer program SMR.

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