Before revision: In epidemiology, the relative risk reduction is a measure calculated by dividing the absolute risk reduction by the control event rate.Relative Risk ReductionRelative riskMeasuring the size of an intervention The relative risk reduction can be more useful than the absolute risk reduction in determining an appropriate treatment plan, because it accounts not only for the effectiveness of a proposed treatment, but also for the relative likelihood of an incident (positive or negative) occurring in the absence of treatment.
After revision: In epidemiology, the relative risk reduction is a measure calculated by dividing the absolute risk reduction by the control event rate.Relative Risk ReductionRelative riskMeasuring the size of an intervention