Why not per capita?Averaged over the years 2002 to 2005, the number of bicyclist fatalities per 100 million km cycled
I'm not a statistician, so......
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I'm not a statistician, so......
Postby fat and old » Tue Nov 13, 2018 1:38 pm
When measuring things such as injuries or deaths with regards to cycles is "per xxx million kilometers travelled" the unit of measurement? e.g. from Scintillas paper (certainly not unique)
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Re: I'm not a statistician, so......
Postby Sparx » Tue Nov 13, 2018 2:01 pm
Guess it helps you work out your probability of being killed based on how much you ride
2 people - one rides to the shop to buy milk vs. one who does 15000km a year.
2 people - one rides to the shop to buy milk vs. one who does 15000km a year.
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Re: I'm not a statistician, so......
Postby human909 » Tue Nov 13, 2018 2:12 pm
It depends what you are trying to measure. Per capita isn't a very good measure because a country that has 0 cyclist would have 0 cyclist fatalities. Likewise per capita the Netherlands has a high fatality rate of cyclists. But that is because there are so many people cycling.fat and old wrote:When measuring things such as injuries or deaths with regards to cycles is "per xxx million kilometers travelled" the unit of measurement? e.g. from Scintillas paper (certainly not unique)
Why not per capita?Averaged over the years 2002 to 2005, the number of bicyclist fatalities per 100 million km cycled
You need to account for the RATE at which the activity is done. Distance or time are both justifiable choices for transport. IMO distance gives pretty skewed results because each distance affects transport choice, but it is a justifiable measure.
(It is skewed because people who cycle are more likely to travel shorter distances than people who drive. So the actual likelihood of a fatality is overstated for the slower modes of travel.)
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Re: I'm not a statistician, so......
Postby find_bruce » Tue Nov 13, 2018 2:58 pm
It is used to distinguish between actions which change the activity and actions which change the relative incidence of an occurrence associated with the activity.
To use a real world example, if MHL reduced fatal head injuries on a per capita basis, you are unable to say whether this is (1) due to the protection from a foam lid or (2) a reduction in cycling. By using distance traveled you get a measure of the extent of protection & whether cycling reduced or not.
The complication - distance or time traveled by riders is not recorded in a useful way. Sites such as strava record both measures, but they are a subset of riders which may not be a representative sample
To use a real world example, if MHL reduced fatal head injuries on a per capita basis, you are unable to say whether this is (1) due to the protection from a foam lid or (2) a reduction in cycling. By using distance traveled you get a measure of the extent of protection & whether cycling reduced or not.
The complication - distance or time traveled by riders is not recorded in a useful way. Sites such as strava record both measures, but they are a subset of riders which may not be a representative sample
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