Question

A new drug is released to market and it has been determined that the drug is responsible for causing hypertension among those individuals who take the drug. If 30,276 individuals were prescribed the drug in its first year on the market and 17,620 individuals developed hypertension, what is the point prevalence of hypertension among those individuals prescribed the drug, after the drug's first year on the market?

1. 0.00582
2. 5.82000
3. 58200
4. 0.05820

Answer 1

Point Prevalence = number of cases/total number of persons

Here, the total population is 30,276, and the number of persons who developed hypertension is 17,620.

That is, the number of cases = 17,620 and the total number of persons = 30,276.

Hence,

Point Prevalence = number of cases/total number of persons

Point Prevalence = 17620/30276

Point Prevalence = 0.582

Point Prevalence = 58.2%

The point prevalence of hypertension among individuals who are prescribed drugs, after the drug’s first year on the market is 58.2%.