Volume 8: Variant CJD
4. Work of the CJD Surveillance Unit
Development of the statistical analysis - epidemiology

4.14 The results of the questionnaire provided information to the CJDSU on variables such as sex, age, incidence, and geographical distribution of cases.Dr (now Professor) Peter Smith of the Department of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who had been involved in previous CJD studies, conducted the statistical analysis of temporal changes in these variables.