Capture-Recapture Methods

Applications in Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

(Selected Studies)

STUDY /RESEARCHERS	METHOD / PURPOSE	DATA SOURCE	DESCRIPTION
IDDM (Green A, et al. (1))	Capture-recapture (Estimate ascertainment and adjust incidence)	Primary source (hospital); Secondary source.	The capture-recapture method was applied in a collaborative research project (ERUODIAB ACE) to provide current and reliable information about the incidence and geographical variation of IDDM in Europe. Each participating center needed to have at least two alternative ascertainment sources.
IDDM (Hamman RF, et al. (2))	Capture-recapture (Estimate ascertainment and adjust incidence)	Reports by physician; Hospital records.	The IDDM incidence rate in Colorado from 1978 to 1983 was estimated. The cases were identified from two independent sources and the ascertainment was estimated as 93.2%.
IDDM (Joner G, et al. (3))	Capture-recapture (Estimate degree of ascertainment)	Hospital records; Insurance registry.	The degree of ascertainment for the IDDM registry in Norway during the study periods 1973-1977 and 1978-1982 was established by comparing information from two data sources.
IDDM (de Beaufort CE, et al. (4))	Capture-recapture (Estimate completeness and incidence)	Information from specialists and general practitioners; Luxembourg Diabetes Association.	The degree of IDDM case ascertainment in Luxembourg from 1977 to 1986 was determined by comparing the primary and secondary information sources. The incidence was also adjusted.
IDDM (Kelly HA, et al. (5))	Capture-recapture (Estimate completeness)	Hospital morbidity data; Diabetes clinics.	The IDDM case ascertainment in western Australia for children aged 0-14 years from 1985 to 1989 was determined by two information sources.
IDDM (Elamin A, et al. (6))	Capture-recapture (Estimate completeness and incidence)	IDDM registry - hospitals; Records from Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.	The completeness of IDDM registry in Sudan from 1987 to 1990 was estimated. The incidence rates were also adjusted by the degree of ascertainment.
IDDM (Bruno G, et al. (7))	Capture-recapture (Estimate registry completeness)	Diabetes clinics; Hospital discharge records, insulin prescriptions and death certificates.	The capture-recapture method was used to estimate the completeness of IDDM registry during 1984-1986 in Turin, Italy. The estimation was based on primary and secondary information sources.
IDDM (Wong G, et al (8))	Capture-recapture (Estimate number of cases; completeness of ascertainment)	Medical records; School survey.	The number of newly diagnosed IDDM with onset < 15 yr of age from 1 Jan 1986 to 31 December 1990 was estimated by 2-source capture-recapture method. The completeness of ascertainment was also estimated.
Known diabetes (Bruno G, et al (9))	Capture-recapture (Estimate completeness and incidence)	Diabetic clinic, family physicians, pediatricians; List of hospital discharges, prescription data, list of all people using reagent strips and insulin syringes.	A population-based prevalence survey of known diabetes mellitus in Northern Italy was conducted in 1988. Based on the survey results, the capture-recapture method was applied to estimate the prevalence of known diabetes mellitus and also used to estimate the completeness of ascertainment of the survey.
IDDM (Drykoningen CEM, et al. (10))	Capture-recapture (Estimate ascertainment and adjust incidence)	Former incidence study by questionnaire; National military service medical examination office.	The capture-recapture method was applied to estimate the cumulative incidence of IDDM for male army conscripts who are in the birth cohorts of 1960-1970 in the Netherlands. The estimate was derived from two independent data sources.
IDDM (Serrano Rios M, et al. (11))	Capture-recapture (Estimate ascertainment and adjust incidence)	Hospital records; Membership files of the Spanish Diabetic Association.	The incidence of Type I diabetes mellitus for cases diagnosed in the period of 1985-1988, age onset less than 15 years in the Comunidad of Madrid, Spain was estimated from two separate sources.

Reference

Green A, Gale EAM, Patterson CC for the EURODIAB ACE study. Incidence of childhood-onset insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: the EURODIAB ACE study. Lancet 1992;339:905-909.
Hamman RF, Gay EC, Cruickshanks KJ, Cook M, Lezotte DC, Klingensmith GJ, Chase HP. Colorado IDDM Registry- incidence and validation of IDDM in children aged 0-17 yr. Diabetes Care 1990;13:499-506.
Joner G, Sovik O. Increasing incidence of diabetes mellitus in Norwegian children 0-14 years of age 1973-1982. Diabetologia 1989;32:79-83.
de Beaufort CE, Michel G, Glaesener G. The incidence of Type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in subjects aged 0-19 years in Luxembourg: a retrospective study from 1977 to 1986. Diabetologia 1988;31:758-761.
Kelly HA, Byrne GC. Incidence of IDDM in Western Australia in children aged 0-14 yr from 1985-1989. Diabetes Care 1992;15:515-517.
Elamin A, Omer M I.A., Zein K, Tuvemo T. Epidemiology of childhood Type I diabetes in Sudan 1987-1990. Diabetes Care 1992;15:1556-1559.
Bruno G, Merletti F, Pisu E, Pastore G, Marengo C, Pagano G. Incidence of IDDM during 1984-1986 in population aged less than 30 yr residents of Turin, Italy. Diabetes Care 1990;13:1051-1056.
Wong GWK, Leung SSF and Oppenheimer SJ. Epidemiology of IDDM in southern Chinese children in Hong Kong. Diabetes Care 1993;16:926-928.
Bruno G, Bargero G, Vuolo A, Pisu E and Pagono G. A population-based prevalence survey of known diabetes mellitus in Northern Italy based upon multiple independent sources of ascertainment. Diabetologia 1992;35:851-856.
Drykoningen CEM, Mulder ALM, Vaandrager GJ, LaPorte RE, Bruining GJ. The incidence of male childhood type I (insulin- dependent) diabetes mellitus is rising rapidly in the Netherlands. Diabetologia, 1992;35:139-142.
Serrano Rios M, Moy CS, Martin Serrano R, Minuesa Asensio A, Tomas Labat M, Zaradieta Romero G, Herrera J. Incidence of type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in subjects 0-14 years of age in the Comunidad of Madrid, Spain. Diabetologia, 1990;33:422-424.