A public health officer in an African country needs to calculate the number needed to treat (NNT) for a new drug. In a trial, the control event rate w...

Question

A public health officer in an African country needs to calculate the number needed to treat (NNT) for a new drug. In a trial, the control event rate was 20% and the experimental event rate was 10%. What is the NNT?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

5

Answer

20

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50

Answer

100

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): NNT Calculation

A public health officer in an African country needs to calculate the number needed to treat (NNT) for a new drug. In a trial, the control event rate was 20% and the experimental event rate was 10%. What is the NNT?