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A member of your research team wants to compare the

Last updated: 10/5/2023

A member of your research team wants to compare the

A member of your research team wants to compare the prevalence of liver cancer in Japan to the prevalence of liver cancer in the Philippines The only information you have with you is Surveillance data for the year 2015 shows there were 7 734 existing cases of liver cancer in the Philippines Among those cases 1 432 were new cases of liver cancer In the same year there were 36 147 existing cases of liver cancer in Japan During this time Japan s population was 127 600 000 people and 96 710 000 people were living in the Philippines What do you tell your team Which country has higher prevalence 4 points for calculating prevalence in each country 2 points for explaining your response