Hypoxia and Medicine

A certain medical condition a®ects one in a thousand of the population. A screening procedure?

A certain medical condition a®ects one in a thousand of the population. A screening procedure is developed that is 95% accurate. Discuss the probability that you have the condition if the screening procedure says that you do.

Public Comments

1. There are two kinds of error. You have the condition and the test says you do not. And the other error is that you do not have the condition and its says you do. If the error rate for both is 5%, then only about one in 50 positives will have the condittion.