Section outline

  • Lecture: Measures of Disease Occurrence II
    Person-time incidence rates; rate is not a proportion; instantaneous rate; person-time based on grouped data vs. individual data; assumption that unit of person-time in denominator does not matter; stratified person-time exposure in cohort studies; relationship of prevalence to incidence; competing events.

    Faculty:  Ann Schwartz

    Location:  China Basin 6702

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    • Required Reading:

    •   S & N: Ch. 2

    • Satagopan et al. A note on competing risks in survival data analysis. Brit J Cancer 91:1229-1235, 2004. File
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    • Optional Reading:

    • Vandenbroucke JP and Pearce N. Incidence rates in dynamic populations IJE 41: 1472-1479, 2012. File
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    • Tager, IB. Outcomes in cohort studies. Epidemiol Rev 20:15-28, 1998. File
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    • Grunkemeier et al. Actual and actuarial probabilities of competing risks: Apples and lemons. Ann Thoracic Surg 83:1586-1592, 2007. File
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    • Assignment: Problem Set 3

    • Assignment Due Date: October 7, 2014

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