IRCIPois: Calculate incidence rate with its confidence intervals by...

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IRCIPoisR Documentation

Calculate incidence rate with its confidence intervals by exact method

Description

Calculate incidence rate with its confidence intervals by exact method using Poisson distribution.

Usage

 IRCIPois(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)

Minato Nakazawa minatonakazawa@gmail.com https://minato.sip21c.org/

References

https://www.statsdirect.com/help/rates/poisson_rate_ci.htm

Examples

IRCIPois(8, 85000)

fmsb documentation built on May 29, 2024, 2:02 a.m.

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