Rate ratio

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-023131",
  "term": "Rate ratio",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Rate Ratio",
  "definition": "1. Measure of association that quantifies the relation between an exposure and a health outcome from an epidemiologic study, calculated as the ratio of incidence rates or mortality rates of two groups.\n\n2. Comparison of two groups in terms of incidence rates, person-time rates, or mortality rates.",
  "subject": "Environmental events",
  "references": [
    "CDC Glossary: Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice at https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/SS1978.pdf",
    "CDC Epidemiology Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/rate-ratio/"
}