
Elena K. answered 05/31/19
Clinical training, PhD, professor, well published author (70+ papers)
Yes, this is correct:
Incidence proportion (or attack rate or risk)=Number of new cases of disease during specified time interval / Population at start of time interval
It is often confused with another measure of morbidity with the same numerator but different denominator:
Incidence rate (or person-time rate)=Number of new cases of disease during specified time interval / Summed person-years of observation or average population during time interval
https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson3/section2.html |