Measures of Disease Frequency

David G. Kleinbaum, Kevin M. Sullivan and Nancy D. Barker
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David G. Kleinbaum: Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health
Kevin M. Sullivan: Emory University, Department of Epidemiology Rollins School of Public Health

Chapter LESSON 4 in ActivEpi Companion Textbook, 2013, pp 67-103 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In epidemiologic studies, we use a measure of disease frequency to determine how often the disease or other health outcome of interest occurs in various subgroups of interest. We describe two basic types of measures of disease frequency in this chapter, namely, measures of incidence and measures of prevalence. The choice typically depends on the study design being used and the goal of the study.

Keywords: Cumulative Incidence; Point Prevalence; Instantaneous Rate; Study Question; Calendar Time (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5428-1_4

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