The Effect of Adjusting for Competing Mortality Risks
- 1 July 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health
- Vol. 54 (7) , 1129-1133
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.54.7.1129
Abstract
To eliminate the effect of competing mortality risks, so-called "net" probabilities are traditionally computed. The greater the annual probabilities of death for the competing cause, and the longer the period of follow-up, the greater the difference between the net and the "crude" probabilities of death. This paper presents a simple formula and table for estimating the net probability from the crude probability. In many practical situations, the net probabilities do not differ appreciably from the crude probabilities.Keywords
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