Question

As a data collection specialist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), you have been involved in a research study conducted over the past year. The study found that liver cancer rates per 100,000 males among cigarette smokers to nonsnmokers, in a major urban U.S. city, were 48.0 to 25.4 respectively. 1. What would be the relative risk of males in developing liver cancer for smokers? (round to 2 decimal places) 2. What would be the relative risk of males in developing liver cancer for nonsmokers?

Answer 1

1.89