A public health nurse (PHN) is explaining to a nursing student how to use health statistics to understand population health. The PHN is comparing the incidence of childhood asthma in a population exposed to a certain air pollutant with the incidence in a population not exposed to that pollutant to determine relative risk. The PHN asks the student to select the statistic, which supports that the risk for asthma is greater in the exposed population. What is the correct answer?

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A relative risk greater than 1.0 indicates that the exposed population has a higher risk of contracting the disease or condition being studied compared to the unexposed population.

A Public Health Nurse (PHN) Is Explaining to a Nursing