Bayesian adjustment of gastric cancer mortality rate in the presence of misclassification

Table 1 Misclassified parameter and the number of gastric cancer death before and after Bayesian correction and percent of increase in number of deaths after Bayesian correction in Iran’s death registry 2006-2010

Year	Misclassified parameter	Before Bayesian correction			After Bayesian correction
		Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
2006	5%	3887	1642	5529	4081	1724	5805
2007	3%	4001	1690	5691	4121	1740	5861
2008	3%	3912	1652	5564	4029	1702	5731
2009	7%	3907	1650	5557	4180	1766	5946
2010	7%	3944	1665	5609	4220	1782	6002