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Please help with the following Question # 12: Researchers want to know what percentage of type 2 diabetes could be elimi

Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 10:56 am
by answerhappygod
Please help with the following Question # 12:
Researchers want to know what percentage of type 2 diabetes
could be eliminated if sugary beverages were banned. The percentage
of people who over consume sugary beverages in the population is
56%. The incidence of type 2 diabetes among people who over consume
sugary beverages is 125/ 1000. The incidence in people who do not
over consume sugary beverages is 43 / 1000.
A. Calculate the incidence of type 2 diabetes in the total
population: _______________________________.
B. Calculate the incidence of type 2 diabetes attributable
to over consumption of sugary beverages in the total
population: _______________________________________.
C. Calculate the proportion of the incidence in the total
population that is attributable to the exposure (over consumption
of sugary
beverages): ____________________________________________________.
D. Interpret your results. _________