During the SARS days, about 23,500 doctors who had treated SARS sufferers died and about 23,670 doctors who had not engaged in treatment for SARS sufferers died. On the basis of those figures, it can be concluded that it was not much more dangerous to participate in SARS treatment during the SARS day than it was not to participate in SARS treatment.
Which of the following would reveal most clearly the absurdity of the conclusion drawn above?
Comparing death rates per thousand members of each group rather than comparing total numbers of deaths
Most logically such comparison should reveal mortality rate per thousand doctors indulged in SARS treatment and not indulged in treatment.