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What you need to know to understand risk estimates

  • Written by Hassan Vally, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, La Trobe University
imageWhat does it really mean to say we have a one-in-1,000 risk? from www.shutterstock.com.au

This article accompanies our interactive body map on the risks of inactivity, to help you understand the risks to your health and what they really mean.

Interpreting health (or any other) risk estimates reported in the media is not straightforward. Even health...

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