Pancreatitis is a disease caused by inflammation of the pancreas. The pancreas is a small fleshy organ located between the stomach and small intestine. The pancreas has many functions related to digestion and the regulation of blood sugar levels. Pancreatitis is a disease caused by inflammation of the pancreas..
causes as censoring events, the concept of relative survival was developed by comparing the observed survival probability of a group of cancer patients with the survival of a âsimilarâ cancer-free group. Relative survival is defined as the ratio of the observed survival (all cause survival) of a cohort of cancer patients to the expected survival of a comparable set of cancer free individuals.
In other words, relative risk is the ratio of two incidence rates. Prevalence is the proportion of the population that has a certain condition. Point prevalence adds the time frame to this definition, and it is the proportion of the population having the condition at a certain point of time.he critical point, alluded to by Azula R in the comments, is that the risk reflects incident cases, while prevalence reflects both new and existing cases. Thus prevalance is a function of incidence and duration of disease.