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IRCIPois: 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)

Value

IR

Point estimate of incidence rate.

IRL

Lower limit of confidence interval

IRU

Upper limit of confidence interval

Arguments

a

Number of cases

PT

Person-years of observed population at risk

conf.level

Probability for confidence intervals. Default is 0.9.

References

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

Examples

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IRCIPois(8, 85000)

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