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RE: Understanding Attributable Risk vs Relative Risk vs Absolute Risk with the Flu Shot.

in #education7 years ago (edited)

Attributable risk assumes that the whole population has a 100% incidence of a condition.

I think what you mean is that attributable risk is expressed as a percentage relative to the incidence rate in the (exposed) population.

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Thanks I like that wording better myself.