Section outline

  • Lecture: Measures of Disease Occurrence I

    Prevalence vs. incidence; the three elements in measuring disease incidence; the concept of a rate; cumulative incidence vs. person-time incidence; concepts of survival analysis—failure time and censoring; calculating cumulative incidence—Kaplan Meier and life-table methods; and assumptions for valid estimates of cumulative incidence.

    Faculty:  Ann Schwartz

    Location:  Mission Hall 1400

    • Session Slides:

    • Disease Occurrence I 2017 File

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Watch URL
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    • .MP4 URL
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    • Recommended Reading:

    •   S & N: Ch. 2

    • Tapia Granados JA. On the terminology and dimensions of incidence. J Clin Epi 50:891-897, 1997. File
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    • Optional Reading:

    • Kaplan EL and Meier P. Nonparametric estimation from incomplete observations. J. American Stat. Assoc. 282: 457-481, 1958 File
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    • Rich JT et al. A practical guide to understanding Kaplan-Meier curves. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. 143:331-336, 2010. File
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    • Rothman K. Measuring disease occurrence and causal effects. In: Epidemiology: An Introduction. Oxford Press, 2012. pgs:pg 38-56. File
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    • Assignment:  Problem Set 2

    • Problem Set 2 Disease Occurrence I 2017 [WORD version] File
    • Problem Set 2 Disease Occurrence I 2017 [PDF version] File
    • Epi203survival File
    • Summary of basic Stata survival analysis commands File

    • Assignment Due Date:  September 26, 2017

    • Assignment Answer Key (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Problem Set 2 Disease Occurrence I Answer Key 2017 File