Table 4 Smallpox, Boston 1721. Decision: inoculate or not (contd).
Expected survival with inoculation | Expected survival—do nothing | |
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0.979 | = | (x)(0.854)(1) + (x)(0.146)(0) + (1−x)(1) |
0.979 | = | (0.854)(x) + (1–x) |
x–(0.854)(x) | = | 1−0.979 |
(0.146)(x) | = | 0.021 |
x | = | 0.021/0.146 |
x | = | 0.144 |