Re: st: Poisson distribution for counts

[Ron�n Conroy <rconroy@rcsi.ie>]

Anna Prizment wrote:

> Hi,
> I can't figure out how to  use Stata to calculate
> parametrers  of  distribuition of sck people among population under
> condition that events  (sick people) follow Poisson .
>
> Thanks,
> Anna Prizment
Have you tried Poisson regression? I've seen people get sick after one.

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