Table 1 Overall log-relative risk (\(\alpha\)), time trend (\(\beta\)) and variance of posterior distributions of area random effects
| Â | Coefficient | Lower bound 95Â % CI | Upper bound 95Â % CI |
|---|---|---|---|
\(\alpha\) | −0.696 | −0.787 | −0.609 |
\(\beta\) | 0.013 | 0.007 | 0.019 |
\(\sigma_{u}\) | 0.847 | 0.497 | 1.170 |
\(\sigma_{v}\) | 0.519 | 0.387 | 0.655 |
\(\sigma_{\delta }\) | 0.119 | 0.102 | 0.139 |