what is risk?
the probability that an event will occur during a specific time
how do you calculate risk of disease?
number who got disease/ number of people
how do you calculate risk difference?
risk with disease-risk without disease
how do you calculate risk ratio?
risk with disease/risk without disease
when do we use odds ratios?
when we can’t calculate risk ratios
what is relative risk?
a measure of the risk of a certain event happening in one group compared to the risk of the same event happening in another group (aka risk ratio)
what is absolute risk?
the probability or chance of an event (the size of risk)