Question

The Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate for kid heart tumors in children 0-14 years of age is 3.2 per 100,000 kids. The Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate for the same disease in boys is 3.8 per 100,000 and in girls is 2.4 per 100,000. Rates are adjusted to the age distribution of the

2012 U.S. population.
From the information given to you in this sample, are boys are 1.58 times as likely to be diagnosed with a childhood brain tumor as girls? TRUE OR FALSE? and why?

Answer 1

False

Step-by-step explanation:

The sample information provided is about childhood heart tumors, not brain tumors. Therefore, it is not possible to determine whether boys are 1.58 times as likely to be diagnosed with a childhood brain tumor as girls based on this information.