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. 2018 Feb 13;6(1):16. doi: 10.3390/healthcare6010016

Table 15.

The work/not work/cured/not cured matrix.

The number of Lyme disease infections per year n 100 000
% of people that develops a chronic infection %ch 63
The number of chronic infections (nn) n * (%ch/100) 63 000
% of chronic Lyme patients that work w 58
% of chronic Lyme patients that do not work nw 42
% cure rate (cr) Cured from treatment Not cured from treatment Sum
Number of people C = nn * (cr/100) NC = nn - C C + NC
Number of people that are working C * 1 NC * (w / 100) C * 1 + NC * (w / 100)
Number of people that are not working C * 0 NC * (nw / 100) C * 0 + NC * (nw / 100)
Sum C*1 + C*0 NC * (w / 100) + NC * ( nw / 100 ) C * 1 + NC * (w / 100) + C * 0 + NC * (nw / 100)
0 Cured from treatment Not cured from treatment Sum
Number of people 0 63 000 63 000
Number of people that are working 0 36 540 36 540
Number of people that are not working 0 26 460 26 460
Sum 0 63 000 63 000
25 Cured from treatment Not cured from treatment Sum
Number of people 15 750 47 250 63 000
Number of people that are working 15 750 27 405 43 155
Number of people that are not working 0 19 845 19 845
Sum 15 750 47 250 63 000
50 Cured from treatment Not cured from treatment Sum
Number of people 31 500 31 500 63 000
Number of people that are working 31 500 18 270 49 770
Number of people that are not working 0 13 230 13 230
Sum 31 500 31 500 63 000
75 Cured from treatment Not cured from treatment Sum
Number of people 47 250 15 750 63 000
Number of people that are working 47 250 9 135 56 385
Number of people that are not working 0 6 615 6 615
Sum 47 250 15 750 63 000
100 Cured from treatment Not cured from treatment Sum
Number of people 63 000 0 63 000
Number of people that are working 63 000 0 63 000
Number of people that are not working 0 0 0
Sum 63 000 0 63 000
Number of people that are working and not cured from treatment can also be calculated as: nn * (w / 100) * (1 - cr / 100)
Number of people that are not working and not cured from treatment can also be calculated as: nn * (nw / 100) * (1 - cr / 100)
Cure rate in % Number of people that are working and not cured from treatment Number of people that are not working and not cured from treatment
0 36 540 26 460
25 27 405 19 845
50 18 270 13 230
75 9 135 6 615
100 0 0