title: The use of multistate life-table models for improving population health.
abstract: We demonstrate how incidence, prevalence, remission, mortality (IPRM) models may be constructed on population life-tables, how the incidence of a condition may be calculated, and how the consequences of demographic changes and public health interventions may be predicted. We illustrate the methodology by applying it to the epidemiology of diabetes, physical inactivity and obesity in New Zealand.
authors.affiliation: AgResearch, Wallaceville Animal Research Centre, Upper Hutt, New Zealand. mick.roberts@agresearch.co.nz
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Tobias
mesh_terms: D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015993:Life Tables; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D009765:Obesity; D015995:Prevalence; D011634:Public Health