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People are classified as hypertensive if their systolic blood pressure (SBP) is higher than a specified level for their age group, according to the algorithm in Table 5.1.
Assume SBP is
Table 5.1 Mean and standard deviation of SBP (mm Hg) in specific age groups
What proportion of families are hypertensive? (Assume that the hypertensive status of different members of a family are independent random variables.)
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