Table 2 Simulation Study, II (1rates = 0.002; 0.0018; 0.00165; 0.0015; 0.00135; 0.0012; 0.001; 0.0008; 0.00065; 0.0005, 2rates = 0.0005; 0.00065; 0.0008; 0.001; 0.0012; 0.00135; 0.0015; 0.00165; 0.0018; 0.002, 3rates = 0.001; 0.002; 0.001; 0.0005; 0.0005; 0.0005; 0.001; 0.002; 0.001; 0.0005, 4rates for age groups = annual rates by increasing Relative Risks {0.25; 0.5; 1; 2; 4})
From: Multiple primary tumours: incidence estimation in the presence of competing risks
Averages over 1000 simulation runs | Constantly decreasing1 | Constantly increasing2 | Bimodal3 | Age-stand.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of simulated cases | 83.95 | 52.81 | 59.41 | 88.56 |
Number of estimated cases(Aalen-Johansen) | 85.00 | 45.00 | 57.00 | 84.42 |
Bias % | 1.25 | 14.79 | 4.06 | 4.67 |
Number of estimated cases(person-year) | 66.46 | 66.72 | 53.31 | 84.19 |
Bias % | 20.83 | 26.34 | 10.26 | 4.93 |