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Absolute risk is the probability of developing a specific disease over a specified time interval in the presence of competing causes of mortality. Although absolute risk is arguably more relevant to clinical decision making than "pure" risk, the development of appropriate statistical methods for estimating and applying absolute risk has lagged behind those for pure risk. This book focuses on the development, evaluation, and application of models of absolute risk.