A community-based intervention program for hypertension was undertaken in two communities to compare the effect of non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic interventions for mild to moderate hypertension. A baseline survey was conducted which yielded the following results: 1. What measure of disease frequency may be computed from baseline surveys such as this? 2. What is this measure equal to in each community?

A community-based intervention program for hypertension was undertaken in two communities to compare the effect of non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic interventions for mild to moderate hypertension. A baseline survey was conducted which yielded the following results: 1. What measure of disease frequency may be computed from baseline surveys such as this? 2. What is this measure equal to in each community?

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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