absolute risk:

Or: risk , statistically, the actual chance, usually given as a ratio, proportion or percentage (not to be confused with absolutely) of having contracted or of being infected by something. For example, the (absolute) risk of pregnancy each month for a normal young woman is 20 to 100 or 20% or 0.2.
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