Table 1. Percent increase in absolute disparity, and the percent increase in relative disparity given that the absolute disparity has increased for random increases of prevalence of disease for two population groups with different prevalence of disease.

Prevalence of disease in Group 1 (p)	Prevalence of disease in Group 2 (q)	Percent increase in absolute disparity (δp − δq) > 0 (%)	Percent increase in relative disparity (δp − δq) > (p − q) δq/q (%)
0.2	0.19	52.6	95.2
0.2	0.15	62.5	80.0
0.2	0.1	75.0	66.7
0.2	0.05	87.5	57.3
0.2	0.01	97.5	51.4
0.2	0.001	99.7	50.2
0.15	0.1	66.7	74.9
0.15	0.05	83.3	60.0
0.15	0.01	96.7	51.8
0.15	0.001	99.7	50.3
0.1	0.05	75.1	66.7
0.1	0.01	95.0	52.6
0.1	0.001	99.5	50.3
0.05	0.01	90.0	55.6
0.05	0.001	99.0	50.5
0.005	0.001	90.0	55.5
0.002	0.0019	52.5	95.2
0.002	0.001	75.0	66.8