Midyear population is 1,271,775

Prevalence rate for CVD is 10.7 per 1,000 population

Five-year annual mean incidence rate for CVD is 7.8 per 1,000

Incidence in east bank regional hospital service area is 5.55 per 1,000 population

There are at least ten other hospitals in east bank regional hospital's service area. These hospitals (including east bank regional) treated 7,060 pateints witha CVD diagnosis in the previous year. East Bank Regional Hospital's market share for the CVD product line is 6.66%.

1. How many patients with CVD were treated at East Bank Regional Hospital the previous year?

2. Assuming no changes in market share, estimate how many patients with CVD could ptoentially have been treated at East Bank regional Hospital the previous year.

3.Assuming no changes in market share, no deaths among the patients in the population with CVD, and static growth in the population of East Bank regional hospital's service area, estimate how many patients with CVD can be expected to be treated at East Bank Regional Hospital the following year.