> Dear STATAlist users
>
> Greetings from Cambridge in England!
>
> I have a query about age-adjusing incidence rates in STATA.
>
> - using stset and strate, i compute that the incidence rate for chd
> mortality in our cohort is 4.1 per 1000 pyar - where pyar is person years
> at risk (and in our cohort total pyar= 39570 at 14 yrs follow-up)
> - incidence rate in cohort in each of 3 age-bands is 1.4, 4.9 and 9.3 per
> 1000 pyar (age 40-49, 50-59, 60+)
> - the corresponding total pyar in each of the 3 age bands are: 17700 yrs,
> 15500 yrs and 6400 yrs approx.
>
>
> So how can i calculate what is the age-standardised or age-adjusted
> incidence in the cohort using STATA commands?
>
> If i needed to adjust for age and sex/gender, how would i do that?
>
> If you need any further info, pls let me know
>
> Many thanks for your help
>
> Nita
>
> Dr Nita Forouhi
(sorry for cross posting - am new to statalist!)
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
