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The association between birth defects and smoking during pregnancy is investigated in a low SES population. Vital statistics records were used to determine the number of pregnancies that resulted in birth defects. Suppose that 4 birth defects were observed in a total of 2050 pregnancies. What would be the birth defect rate? What is the event rate per 1000 pregnancies?


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