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. 2007 Dec;16(6):478–480. doi: 10.1136/qshc.2007.023465

Table 1 Smallpox, Boston 1721: population 10 700. Decision: inoculate or not.

Path name Path probability Number of people
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