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I- nORTIIWESTEI PROFESSOR 3ATM JANUARY 17, 1981 -THE CAROLINA TIMES 11 off Cgms Zg3 d Gtfsi? Cua gu When the 1989 census is Anally adjusted.'ti still will not be correct, says Bruce Spencer, assistant pro fessor of Education at sus Northwestern University. Spencer, a statistician, has worked with Censu Bureau- methods for estimating population bet ween census years. At a Census Bureau conference last February, he gave a tolk on equity considera ? tions for sd justing the cen-. . "There is strong evidence that because, of the undercount , black people, on the average, are being shortchanged on fund allocations. But fund Drivers, Be Cautious of The Sleeping Pill Dalmane Regular bedtime users of Dalmane, the nation's most popular prescription sleeping pill, can impair a person's driving ability the next morning worse than three shots of whiskey for breakfast, new studies report. Dalmane builds up in the bloodstream steadily day by day but so subtly that a person may not realize it has eroded his coordination, according to new evidence. The findings are poten tially significant for Dalmane users who drive or operate machinery or who drink alcohol long after they think sleeping pills have worn off. More than a million prescriptions are written every month for Dalmane, more than all other sleep ing pills combined. Drug industry figures show, the average prescription last year was 31 pills. Dalmane is promoted as the only sleeping pill effec tive for more than one or two weeks partly because it stays in the bloodstream for four or more days. The research has touch ed off a debate about what warnings should be issued. Some authorities ask that: the standard recomended dosage be cut in half and that, because of alchol's icffcct in combination mth j the drug, patients be a'd- vised to abstain from drinking as long as they, are taking Dalmtne. The same researchers, are questioning how effec tively the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) monitors the hazards of drugs already on the market. The FDA now re quires no warning about the daytime effects of. Dalmane, although! evidence has been ac cumulating since 1973. One study found that volunteers who took Dalmane seven nights in a: row performed worse in a coordination test on the' eighth morning than volunteers who drank three ounces of whiskey just before the test; New studies were cited, in recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine by researchers from the National Academy of Science's In stitute of Medicine and the National Institute of Men tal Health. Dr. Fredric Soloman of the Institute of Medicine told news reporters that the accumulated evidence warrented an immediate change in prescribing in formation distributed by the manufacturer. Most doctors rely on drug com panies for their advice to patients. Most sleep researchers believe Dalmane and other sleeping pills should be us ed no more than a few days at a time in a crisis, such as the death of a relative. "I don't think Dalmane should be taken off the market, but if used pro perly, there would be a 90 or more reduction in the use of it," said Dr. Sidney Wolfe of the Ralph Nader Health Research Group, a persistant critic of the drug industry. Dr. Solomon of the In stitute of Medicine said he was particularly disturbed at the implications of a new British study. Twelve insomniacs who took Dalmane for three weeks grew progressively worse ,in their performance an a : coordination test. i'.VMtltffougtf' they wew aware in the first week that they weren't doing' well, by the third week they said they were doing OK; yet their actual per-i formance was worse," Solomon said. Some of the research findings are, unclear, and many scien tists believe Dalmane re mains safer than bar bituates, which linger less : in the bloodstream but are ( more addictive. "All the relevant . research today suggest there is a problem, but we, 'don't know its magnitude' enough to take, intelligent action," said Dr. Markkur Linnoila, a psychiatrist, and pharmacologist at ' Duke University who con-j ducted the study compar-j ing Dalmane coordination ! problems with alcohol. ' allocations are targeted to local and state govern ments rather than to population sub-groups, . such as blacks , or hispanics. Any under count corrections must be applied to statistics for in dividual cities, where undercount evidence is tenuous. Therefore, cor rections will be highly in accurate," Spencer sais. Because ofothe suspected undercount, many cities, including Chicago, are protesting the latest census figures, these cities feel they are being shortchanged by the government, losing not only money but alo political representation. Detroit has taken the Cen sus Bureau to court and the bureau is now appeal ing the court's ruling to adjust mathematically census figures to correct the undercount, Spencer said. "Equitable adjustment of the 'census for alloca tion purposes is possibile, but it will tae several years to work reasonably ac curate adjustment figures. It's a question of time," Spencer said. ' And time is something the Census Bureau doesn't have. The Detroit courts . have set a time limit for (the bureau to come up with a solution, but the bureau is appealing the case. In the past, the census Bureau has taken several steps to evaluate the com pleteness of the Census. Post-enumeration surveys have resampled , the population to estimate the proportion missed. Also by using demographic analysis, the bureau goes back to birth data and, ac counting for mortality and magration, estimates the population. In 1970, demographic estimates of the under count were higher than estimates from the post enumeration surveys and were officially preferred. They indicated that under count rates for 'blacks were four times more severe than for whites, Spencer said. Figures from 1970 show that eight percent of blacks were undercounted compared with two per cent of whites. The largest group missed were balcks males aged 25 to 45, with 19 percent believed under counted compared to only four percent of whites in the same age group. By increasing the population counts for the races in accordances with, the estimated under counted rates, the census could be "synthetically" adjusted, Spencer said. But a synthetic adjustment would not account for regional differences bet ween cities. For example, the actual undercount rates for inner-city Chicago blacks will differ from the rate for blacks in Wilmette, but a broad ad justment would not note that difference, Spencer said. Because of time preassures, Spencer feeli the Census Bureau will use a synthetic method if forc ed to adjust for the under count. 'The adjustment factors will be hard to derive because demographic methods for estimating the undercount are not as useful as they had been in the past. Previously demographic estimates hab beenhgher than the census count and the dif ference wsas used to estimate the undercount. But in 1980, demographic estimates are lower than the national' count, possibly because because demographic estimates did no- pick ip illegal migra tion to the extent thath the Census Wrap Water Heater, Cut Heating Costs If your water heater it may interfere with the draft located in an unhealed area, of the heater's floe. 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