@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ the entrance rate :math:`\lambda_{g,t}`.
205205Calculating entrance rate via AD incidence rate
206206-----------------------------------------------
207207
208- We rewrite this in terms of quantities that we can estimate from the
209- available data:
208+ To calculate :math: ` \lambda _{g,t}`, we rewrite it in terms of quantities
209+ that we can estimate from the available data:
210210
211211.. math ::
212212 :label: AD_entrance_rate_eq
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ This is the population we pull from GBD using get_population. Thus,
267267 population remains constant thereafter.
268268
269269To summarize, here is the algorithm for adding new simulants at time
270- :math: `t`, assuming that :math: `t` is a step time of the simulation:
270+ :math: `t`, assuming that :math: `t` is a step time of the simulation: ...
271271
272272Alternative view using incidence count
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@@ -283,6 +283,9 @@ assume :math:`A_g'(t)` is constant during the year :math:`y(t)`, then
283283 = \frac {\text {# of incident cases of AD in group $g$ in year $y(t)$}}
284284 {\text {1 year}}.
285285
286- Therefore, the expected number of simulants we want...
287-
288- We can pull the number of incident cases of AD from GBD.
286+ This ends up being equivalent to the method using incidence rates above,
287+ but whereas the *count * of incident cases is likely to vary considerably
288+ due to changing demographics, the incidence *rate * of AD is likely to
289+ remain fairly stable over time. Thus, using using the incidence rate and
290+ the total population is a more appropriate way to use the available
291+ data.
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