Question: At Community Clinic, 27 patients were seen in one day. Of those, 2 have type 2 diabetes mellitus. What is the proportion of people in the group that have type 2 diabetes?

Step 1: Answer the 5 questions for Exercise 2.6 found on pg. 24 of your text; White, Calculating and Reporting Healthcare Statistics, 7th edition. They have also been included below. Show your work for credit and pay close attention to rounding rules.

1. A school district wants to know the proportion of students who have deferrals for mandated vaccines. District School #1 has 237 students. Of the 237 students, 225 students are up to date on their vaccines. There are 12 students with deferrals. What is the proportion of students with deferrals who have not been vaccinated? Round to two decimal places.

2. At Community Clinic, 27 patients were seen in one day. Of those, 2 have type 2 diabetes mellitus. What is the proportion of people in the group that have type 2 diabetes? Express as a decimal and round to two decimal places.

3. At Community Clinic, Dr. Clark treats only diabetic patients. He has 650 active patients. Of those, 458 have attended his specialized training session for newly diagnosed diabetes. What proportion of Dr. Clark’s patients have undergone his training? Express as a decimal and round to two decimal places.

4. At Community Clinic, Dr. Simpson, an interventional cardiologist, saw 270 patients last quarter. Of those, he performed stent procedures on 182 patients. What is the proportion of Dr. Simpson’s patients who have had stent procedures? Express as a decimal and round to two decimal places.

5. Dr. Rutan, an internist at Community Clinic, asked that 14 of the 35 patients he saw last week get their x-rays and lab work completed the day before their appointments. What is the proportion of Dr. Rutan’s patients who had preliminary work completed prior to their appointments? Express as a decimal and round to two decimal places

Step 2: Develop 2 more examples on your own. Write them as if you were giving this assignment to a student in a similar format above. Provide both the question and the answer.

Step 3: Assess your skill. There is no wrong answer here. On a scale of 1 to 5 where do you see your mastery of this chapter.