What % of 3–4-year-old children in the village will get influenza? (Hint: Use the law of total probability. P(B)=P(B|A1) x P(A1) + P(B|A2) x P(A2) )

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Attack rate for influenza by age and
treatment group

age

QIV group

Control group

3-4

3.78%

5.69%

5-8

1.70%

0.15%

 

Suppose that 80% of 3–4-year-old children and 70% of 5–8-year-old children in a village are vaccinated with QIV vaccine. Also assume that children who are not vaccinated have twice the incidence of influenza as the control group in Table.

  1. What % of 3–4-year-old children in the village will get influenza? (Hint: Use the law of total probability. P(B)=P(B|A1) x P(A1) + P(B|A2) x P(A2) )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What % of 5–8-year-old children in the village will get influenza? (Hint: Use the law of total probability. P(B)=P(B|A1) x P(A1) + P(B|A2) x P(A2) )
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