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IRCI

Calculate a incidence rate with confidence interval

Description

Calculate a incidence rate with confidence interval.

Usage

IRCI(a, PT, conf.level=0.9)

Arguments

a

Number of cases
PT

Person-years of observed population at risk
conf.level

Probability for confidence intervals. Default is 0.9.

Value

IR

Point estimate of incidence rate.
IRL

Lower limit of confidence interval
IRU

Upper limit of confidence interval

Author(s)

References

Rothman KJ (2012) Epidemiology: An Introduction. 2nd Ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Examples

IRCI(8, 85000)
fmsb

Functions for Medical Statistics Book with some Demographic Data

v0.7.1
GPL (>= 2)
Authors
Minato Nakazawa <minato-nakazawa@umin.net>
Initial release
2021-05-09

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