Table 3 Adjusted sensitivity and specificity values for the minimum Euclidean distance cut- point for the validation samples
From: Identifying incident oral and pharyngeal cancer cases using Medicare claims
Sensitivity (95% confidence interval) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Females (regardless of age group and race and ethnicity) | 97.2 (94.5-98.6) | ||
Males (regardless of age group and race and ethnicity) | 94.0 (91.4-95.9) | ||
Specificity (95% confidence interval) | |||
Ages 66-69 | Female | Black | 97.3 (96.4-97.9) |
Hispanic | 98.0 (96.1-99.0) | ||
Other | 98.2 (97.3-98.7) | ||
White | 97.6 (97.4-97.8) | ||
Male | Black | 96.4 (95.3-97.2) | |
Hispanic | 97.4 (94.9-98.7) | ||
Other | 97.5 (96.4-98.3) | ||
White | 96.8 (96.5-97.2) | ||
Ages 70-74 | Female | Black | 97.6 (96.8-98.2) |
Hispanic | 98.3 (97.2-99.0) | ||
Other | 98.2 (97.5-98.8) | ||
White | 97.1 (96.9-97.4) | ||
Male | Black | 96.8 (95.8-97.6) | |
Hispanic | 97.8 (96.3-98.7) | ||
Other | 97.7 (96.7-98.3) | ||
White | 96.2 (95.9-98.5) | ||
Ages 75-79 | Female | Black | 97.5 (96.6-98.1) |
Hispanic | 98.2 (97.0-99.0) | ||
Other | 98.1 (97.3-98.7) | ||
White | 97.0 (96.7-97.2) | ||
Male | Black | 95.0 (93.7-96.1) | |
Hispanic | 96.8 (95.0-98.0) | ||
Other | 97.3 (96.2-98.1) | ||
White | 96.0 (95.6-96.3) | ||
Ages 80-84 | Female | Black | 97.2 (96.1-98.0) |
Hispanic | 96.6 (94.2-98.0) | ||
Other | 96.8 (95.5-97.7) | ||
White | 97.2 (96.9-97.4) | ||
Male | Black | 96.3 (94.8-97.4) | |
Hispanic | 95.5 (92.4-97.4) | ||
Other | 95.7 (94.0-97.0) | ||
White | 96.3 (95.9-96.6) | ||
Ages 85 and older | Female | Black | 96.7 (95.4-97.6) |
Hispanic | 95.4 (91.7-97.5) | ||
Other | 97.4 (96.0-98.3) | ||
White | 97.8 (97.5-98.0) | ||
Male | Black | 95.6 (93.9-96.8) | |
Hispanic | 94.0 (89.1-96.7) | ||
Other | 96.5 (94.7-97.7) | ||
White | 97.1 (96.7-97.4) | ||