Journal article
Impact of Differential Privacy and Census Tract Data Source (Decennial Census Versus American Community Survey) for Monitoring Health Inequities
American journal of public health (1971), v 111(2), pp 265-268
Feb 2021
PMID: 33351654
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Abstract
To investigate how census tract (CT) estimates of mortality rates and inequities are affected by (1) differential privacy (DP), whereby the public decennial census (DC) data are injected with statistical "noise" to protect individual privacy, and (2) uncertainty arising from the small number of different persons surveyed each year in a given CT for the American Community Survey (ACS).
We compared estimates of the 2008-2012 average annual premature mortality rate (death before age 65 years) in Massachusetts using CT data from the 2010 DC, 2010 DC with DP, and 2008-2012 ACS 5-year estimate data.
For these 3 denominator sources, the age-standardized premature mortality rates (per 100 000) for the total population respectively equaled 166.4 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 162.2, 170.6), 166.4 (95% CI = 162.2, 170.6), and 166.3 (95% CI = 162.1, 170.5), and inequities in the range from best to worst quintile for CT racialized economic segregation were from 103.4 to 260.1, 102.9 to 258.7, and 102.8 to 262.4. Similarity of results across CT denominator sources held for analyses stratified by gender and race/ethnicity.
Estimates of health inequities at the CT level may not be affected by use of 2020 DP data and uncertainty in the ACS data.
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- Title
- Impact of Differential Privacy and Census Tract Data Source (Decennial Census Versus American Community Survey) for Monitoring Health Inequities
- Creators
- Nancy Krieger - Nancy Krieger, Jarvis T. Chen, Pamela D. Waterman, Emily Wright, and Tamara Rushovich are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Rachel C. Nethery is with the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Brent A. Coull is with the Department of Biostatistics and Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public HealthRachel C Nethery - Nancy Krieger, Jarvis T. Chen, Pamela D. Waterman, Emily Wright, and Tamara Rushovich are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Rachel C. Nethery is with the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Brent A. Coull is with the Department of Biostatistics and Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public HealthJarvis T Chen - Nancy Krieger, Jarvis T. Chen, Pamela D. Waterman, Emily Wright, and Tamara Rushovich are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Rachel C. Nethery is with the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Brent A. Coull is with the Department of Biostatistics and Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public HealthPamela D Waterman - Nancy Krieger, Jarvis T. Chen, Pamela D. Waterman, Emily Wright, and Tamara Rushovich are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Rachel C. Nethery is with the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Brent A. Coull is with the Department of Biostatistics and Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public HealthEmily Wright - Nancy Krieger, Jarvis T. Chen, Pamela D. Waterman, Emily Wright, and Tamara Rushovich are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Rachel C. Nethery is with the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Brent A. Coull is with the Department of Biostatistics and Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public HealthTamara Rushovich - Nancy Krieger, Jarvis T. Chen, Pamela D. Waterman, Emily Wright, and Tamara Rushovich are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Rachel C. Nethery is with the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Brent A. Coull is with the Department of Biostatistics and Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public HealthBrent A Coull - Nancy Krieger, Jarvis T. Chen, Pamela D. Waterman, Emily Wright, and Tamara Rushovich are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Rachel C. Nethery is with the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Brent A. Coull is with the Department of Biostatistics and Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
- Publication Details
- American journal of public health (1971), v 111(2), pp 265-268
- Grant note
- R01 HD092580 / NICHD NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000637875100031
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85100069676
- Other Identifier
- 991022052304704721
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