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  1. Relative risk

    The relative risk (RR) or risk ratio is the ratio of the probability of an outcome in an exposed group to the probability of an outcome in an unexposed group. Together with risk difference and odds ratio, relative risk measures the association between the exposure and the outcome.

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  1. Relative risk

    In statistics and epidemiology, relative risk is the ratio of the probability of an event occurring in an exposed group to the probability of the event occurring in a comparison, non-exposed group. Relative risk includes two important features: a comparison of risk between two "exposures" puts risks in context, and "exposure" is ensured by having proper denominators for each group representing the exposure Consider an example where the probability of developing lung cancer among smokers was 20% and among non-smokers 1%. This situation is expressed in the 2 × 2 table to the right. Here, a = 20, b = 80, c = 1, and d = 99. Then the relative risk of cancer associated with smoking would be Smokers would be twenty times as likely as non-smokers to develop lung cancer. Another term for the relative risk is the risk ratio because it is the ratio of the risk in the exposed divided by the risk in the unexposed. Relative risk contrasts with the actual or absolute risk, and may be confused with it in the media or elsewhere.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Relative Risk in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Relative Risk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Relative Risk in a Sentence

  1. Paul Offit:

    The American public should understand that there is a risk, but it's an exceedingly rare risk, by basically putting a scarlet letter on this vaccine, by scaring people about this vaccine, by not really trusting them to understand the concept of relative risk, we may have done more harm than good, and there are people now who won't get a vaccine because this is the vaccine they would have gotten.

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