Analysis of Incidence Rates - Paperback

by Peter Cummings (Author)

This book clarifies what incidence rates are, reviews their advantages and limitations, promotes understanding of analytic methods, describes what can be done in modern software, provides practical suggestions for analyses, and points out problems and pitfalls.

Author Biography

Peter Cummings is Professor Emeritus, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle WA. His research was primarily in the field of injuries. He used matched cohort methods to estimate how the use of seat belts and presence of airbags were related to death in a traffic crash. He is author or co-author of over 100 peer-reviewed articles.