Submitted by arciris on Mon, 16/06/2008 - 1:36pm
Other Kinds of Risk Calculators
Submitted by arciris on Mon, 16/06/2008 - 1:29pm
Let's start with a funny risk calculator.
Submitted by arciris on Mon, 16/06/2008 - 1:23pm
Submitted by gmp26 on Mon, 25/02/2008 - 12:56pm
Submitted by gmp26 on Fri, 22/02/2008 - 9:43pm
Calculates when, where, and how you will die, based on your own estimate of level of fitness today together with your date of birth.
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Submitted by arciris on Fri, 21/12/2007 - 12:22pm
Here, we attempt to explain how the evidence is used to formulate results through the risk calculators.
The calculations are formed by combining the average life span for a population with the average reduction of life-span associated with a particular disease. Calculations get trickier when you want to know the combined risk of more than one disease and behaviour on life-span.
Submitted by arciris on Fri, 21/12/2007 - 11:40am
Our intrepid head of the Understanding Uncertainty team, David Spiegelhalter, booked himself in to see the doctor. At least for purely research reasons we are delighted that we can make use of his newly acquired medical information.
He came out with a rather ominous status of having a 10% risk of heart disease within the next 10 years – a result from his doctor’s calculator.
