A measure of the risk of a certain event happening. In cancer research, it is the likelihood that a person who is free of a specific type of cancer at a given age will develop that cancer over a certa [..]

A person's chance of developing a certain disease over a certain time period. The absolute risk of a disease is estimated by looking at a large group of people similar in some way (in terms of ag [..]

The likelihood of an event or outcome occurring (for example, an adverse reaction to the drug being tested) among the group being studied. Studies that compare 2 or more groups of people may report re [..]

The risk of an event (e.g., if 10 of 100 patients have an event, the absolute risk is 10% expressed as a percentage, or 0.10 expressed as a proportion).

the proportion of a population expected to get a disease over a specified time period. See also risk, relative risk.

Absolute risk measures the size of a risk in a person or group of people. This could be the risk of developing a disease over a certain period or it could be a measure of the effect of a treatment, for example how much the risk is reduced by treatment in a person or group.

<statistics> The excess risk due to exposure to a specific hazard (disease, injury, etc.) (15 Jan 1998)

Risk in a population of exposed persons; the probability of an event affecting members of a particular population (e.g. 1 in 1,000). Absolute risk can be measured over time (incidence

In epidemiological studies, the probability that an individual will develop a particular condition, such as a disease or some other outcome, based on genetic profile, behavioral patterns, and/or test [..]