Vaniver comments on Rationality Quotes May 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vaniver 08 May 2013 11:01:17PM *  0 points [-]

The higher number implies only a 0.054% death rate per year

Eyeballing the statistics, that looks like a hazard ratio between 1.1 and 1.5 (lots of things are good predictors for mortality that you would want to control for that I haven't; the more you add, the closer that number should get to 1.1).

Comment author: satt 08 May 2013 11:29:14PM 1 point [-]

It looks like you're referring to a hazard ratio or maybe a relative risk, neither of which are the same as a "hazard rate" AFAIK.

Comment author: Vaniver 08 May 2013 11:56:32PM 1 point [-]

You're right; I'm thinking of hazard ratios. Editing.