Before revision: Transmission rate vs. force of infection Mortality rate vs. standardized mortality ratio vs. age-standardized mortality rate Pandemic vs. epidemic vs. endemic vs. syndemic Serial interval vs. incubation period Cancer cluster Sexual network Years of potential life lost Maternal mortality rate Perinatal mortality rate Low birth weight ratio For assessing the effectiveness of an intervention Absolute risk reduction Control event rate Experimental event rate Number needed to harm Number needed to treat Odds ratio Relative risk reduction Relative risk Relative survival Minimal clinically important difference Related statistical theory Survival analysis Proportional hazards models Active control trials: clinical trials in which a kind of new treatment is compared with some other active agent rather than a placebo.
After revision: Mortality rate vs. standardized mortality ratio vs. age-standardized mortality rate Pandemic vs. epidemic vs. endemic vs. syndemic Serial interval vs. incubation period Cancer cluster Sexual network Years of potential life lost Maternal mortality rate Perinatal mortality rate Low birth weight ratio For assessing the effectiveness of an intervention Absolute risk reduction Control event rate Experimental event rate Number needed to harm Number needed to treat Odds ratio Relative risk reduction Relative risk Relative survival Minimal clinically important difference Related statistical theory Survival analysis Proportional hazards models Active control trials: clinical trials in which a kind of new treatment is compared with some other active agent rather than a placebo.