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Epidemiology Assignment 3

The document defines Population Attributable Risk (PAR) and Population Attributable Risk percent (PAR%) and provides an example calculation. PAR is the proportion of incidence in the total population that can be attributed to exposure. PAR% gives the percent of cases attributable to a risk factor. The example calculates a PAR% of 75% for wound infections attributable to an appendectomy.

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Epidemiology Assignment 3

The document defines Population Attributable Risk (PAR) and Population Attributable Risk percent (PAR%) and provides an example calculation. PAR is the proportion of incidence in the total population that can be attributed to exposure. PAR% gives the percent of cases attributable to a risk factor. The example calculates a PAR% of 75% for wound infections attributable to an appendectomy.

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HAYAT MEDICAL COLLEGE

EPIDEMIOLOGY ASSIGNMENT 3

Name: Ruth Yeshitela Asfawosen

ID: MR/056/20

Submitted to: Yimer Seid

AUGUST 20, 2021


Define Population Attributable Risk (PAR) & Define Population
Attributable Risk percent (PAR%)

1. Population attributable risk (PAR): is the proportion of the incidence of a disease in the
population (exposed and unexposed) that is due to exposure. It is the incidence of
a disease in the population that would be eliminated if exposure were eliminated.
The PAR is calculated by subtracting the incidence in the unexposed from the incidence
in the total population (exposed and unexposed).
PAR is usually expressed as a percentage.

2. Population attributable risk percent (PAR%): gives the percent of cases in the total
population that can be attributed to the risk factor. The higher the PAR%, the greater the
proportion of the outcome that is attributable to the risk factor.

𝐼𝑃𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 − 𝐼𝑃𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑
𝑃𝐴𝑅% = ( ) × 100%
𝐼𝑃𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙

Example, In the wound infection study, the incidence in the exposed group was 5.3 per
100. Of this, 4 per 100 could be attributed to having had the incidental appendectomy
(the other 1.3 per 100 was the "inherent risk" of the staging laparotomy). Therefore,

5.3 − 1.3
𝑃𝐴𝑅% = ( ) × 100%
5.3

4
𝑃𝐴𝑅% = × 100% = 0.75 × 100% = 75%
5.3

so, 75% of the wound infections in the group that had the incidental appendectomy could
be attributed to having had the appendectomy.

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References:

https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-5614-7_2685

https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-5614-7_2685

https://sphweb.bumc.bu.edu/otlt/mph-
modules/ep/ep713_association/ep713_association6.html

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