Calculations For Test 2 Flashcards
How to calculate prevalence
Cases at certain time point /
Population at the same time point
How to calculate cumulative incidence
New cases in time period
/
Population at risk in the beginning of time period
How to calculate CI of fixed populations
New cases in time period
/
Pop. At risk in beginning of time period - 0.5 * withdrawals
How to calculate incidence rate?
New cases at certain time period
/
Time at risk in time period
How to calculate approximate incidence
New cases /
Number of animals at risk in beginning of time period + number of animals in end of time period / 2 * time period
How to calculate exact incidence
New cases /
(1x5) + (1x2) + (1x8) etc etc
How to calculate sensitivity
A
/
A+C
How to calculate specificity
D
/
B+D
How to calculate positive prevalence
A
/
A+b
How to calculate negative prevalence
D
/
C+D
How to calculate apparent prevalence
A+B
/
A+b+c+d
How to calculate true prevalence
A+C
/
A+B+c+d
When to use “detection of disease “ in Winepi
When you want to find the diseased animals in the herd
When to use “maximum possible prevalence” in winepi
When you want to know the worst case scenario for infections
When to use “estimate percentage” in winepi
When you want to estimate the proportion of cases