Body & HealthMental model

Most cases come from the group with the small risk.

Geoffrey Rose described it in 1981: a measure can do almost nothing for any individual and still do a great deal for a population. Most alcohol-related problems arise not among dependent drinkers but in the much larger moderate-risk group – simply because it contains so many people.

Useful: Treat only the high-risk group and you miss the majority of the cases.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

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