A man is diagnosed with prostate cancer. Which of the following data should the nurse know to answer the man when he asks, "What are the chances I'll survive this thing?"

a. Attack rate
b. Case fatality rate
c. Cause-specific morbidity rate
d. Crude mortality rate


ANS: B

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