Number Needed to Treat / Harm Calculator

Absolute Risk & NNT / NNH

Enter event counts for treatment and control groups.

How to use this page

  1. For each arm, enter the number of participants who experienced the event of interest and the total number in that arm.
  2. Press Calculate.
  3. The calculator shows the control event rate (CER), experimental event rate (EER), absolute risk difference (ARR) and the resulting NNT (if the treatment reduces risk) or NNH (if it increases risk).