How to use
- Choose whether you want to start from exposed and unexposed risk, or from direct attributable risk with total population risk.
- Enter exposure prevalence and decimal settings.
- Read the absolute population attributable risk, then the fraction and percent form for reporting.
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Population burden as percent of total risk
The share URL stores only mode and decimal settings.
Where this fits
Population attributable risk keeps the result as an absolute risk value. Population attributable fraction keeps the same burden in fraction form first. This page is for percent-first reporting when you want the population burden stated directly as a percentage of total population risk.
FAQ
What does this page calculate?
It estimates population attributable risk percent from exposure prevalence with exposed and unexposed risk, or from direct attributable risk with total population risk.
How is this different from population attributable fraction?
Population attributable fraction keeps the result in fraction form first. This page centers the percent form so you can report the same burden directly as a percentage of total population risk.
How is this different from population attributable risk?
Population attributable risk is an absolute risk quantity. Population attributable risk percent expresses that same burden as a share of total population risk after accounting for exposure prevalence.
Does the share URL include my numbers?
No. The share URL stores only mode and decimal settings. Numeric inputs stay in your browser.