topic Re: Easy way to calculate incidence in SAS Procedures https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Easy-way-to-calculate-incidence/m-p/170011#M43916 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I believe proc std rate will also give you the crude rate, which is essentially the incidence rate. </P><P></P><P>You don't need a proc for this, its a simple data step, but you do have to have your data in an appropriate format. So, if you need help with the data step, you should post a sample of what your data looks like and the output you need.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 06 Apr 2014 23:45:47 GMT Reeza 2014-04-06T23:45:47Z Easy way to calculate incidence https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Easy-way-to-calculate-incidence/m-p/170008#M43913 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a retrospective cohort study and I need to calculate incidence of disease within the population. I have time of first case and then also number of outcomes. Is there any easy way to calculate incidence with this information?</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 06 Apr 2014 18:09:21 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Easy-way-to-calculate-incidence/m-p/170008#M43913 Mdormond 2014-04-06T18:09:21Z Re: Easy way to calculate incidence https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Easy-way-to-calculate-incidence/m-p/170009#M43914 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Look at PROC STDRATE. </P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 06 Apr 2014 19:13:49 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Easy-way-to-calculate-incidence/m-p/170009#M43914 Reeza 2014-04-06T19:13:49Z Re: Easy way to calculate incidence https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Easy-way-to-calculate-incidence/m-p/170010#M43915 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm not sure that's the correct procedure as I'm not trying to standardize the rate between two populations. Is there another similar procedure?</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 06 Apr 2014 21:34:30 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Easy-way-to-calculate-incidence/m-p/170010#M43915 Mdormond 2014-04-06T21:34:30Z Re: Easy way to calculate incidence https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Easy-way-to-calculate-incidence/m-p/170011#M43916 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I believe proc std rate will also give you the crude rate, which is essentially the incidence rate. </P><P></P><P>You don't need a proc for this, its a simple data step, but you do have to have your data in an appropriate format. So, if you need help with the data step, you should post a sample of what your data looks like and the output you need.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 06 Apr 2014 23:45:47 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Easy-way-to-calculate-incidence/m-p/170011#M43916 Reeza 2014-04-06T23:45:47Z