Attributable Risk

What problem does it solve?

This Skill quantifies the health burden attributable to specific exposures, enabling researchers to calculate the proportion and number of adverse outcomes linked to environmental factors.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Attributable Fraction (AF) & Number (AN): Calculate the proportion and absolute count of outcomes (e.g., deaths) due to exposure.
• Forward & Backward Calculations: Analyze future burden from current exposures or past exposures leading to current outcomes.
• Monte Carlo Simulations: Generate robust confidence intervals for AF/AN estimates.
• Component Attribution: Differentiate between heat and cold attributable risks.
• Use Case: A public health researcher wants to estimate how many excess deaths in a city over the past year were attributable to high temperatures, using DLNM model outputs.

Quick Start

Use the attributable risk skill to calculate the forward attributable fraction using the provided exposure data, crossbasis object, outcome data, and model.