Table 1 Smallpox, Boston 1721: population 10 700. Decision: inoculate or not.
Path name | Path probability | Number of people |
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Inoculate and live | 0.979 | 281 |
Inoculate and die | 0.021 | 6 |
No inoculation, infected and live | (x)(0.854) | 4917 |
No inoculation, infected and die | (x)(0.146) | 842 |
No inoculation, not infected and live | (1–x) | 4654 |
Total population | 10 700 |