1. Problem Statement and Interaction Area Viagra Treatment Placebo Headache 112
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1. Problem Statement and Interaction Area
Viagra Treatment
Placebo
Headache
112
21
No Headache
620
698
Use the data in the accompanying table (based on data from Pfizer, Inc., as presented in Triola & Triola). The table describes results from a clinical trial of the well-known drug Viagra. Calculate the relative risk of a headache for patients receiving Viagra compared to those receiving the placebo.
2. In a recent year in the United States, there were 2601213 deaths, and 659121 of them were due to heart disease. Find the cause-of-death ratio for deaths due to heart disease, using k=100.
3. Problem
Given the following hypothetical data: Vital Statistics for the United States in One Year (from Triola and Triola, 2006)
k=1000, for most
Population
284803109
Women aged 15-44
59920976
Deaths
2324370
Fetuses delivered without life after 20 weeks of gestation
37247
Live Births
4118654
HIV infected persons
812763
Deaths of infants under 1 yr of age
27497
Deaths from HIV infections
16667
Deaths of infants under 28 days of age
16928
Motor vehicle deaths
43420
Calculate the Crude Birth Rate, per 1000, for the United States.
Viagra Treatment
Placebo
Headache
112
21
No Headache
620
698
Explanation / Answer
1) let us make the table again
RELATIVE RISK= a/(a+b)/c(c+d)
= 112/732/21/719
relative risk is greater than 1, it means their risk for developing that disease is higher than the other group.
PLEASE POST QUESTION 2 SEPARATELY.
HEADACHE NO HEADACHE TOTAL VIAGRA TREATMENT 112(a) 620(b) (a+b) PLACEBO 21(c) 698(d) (c+d)Related Questions
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