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Why do I even need this test?

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Geraldine_Rober
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12 years ago
Hi everyone, I trust you all arrived home safely and had a quiet weekend. At SATT I mentioned the above resource.  Some of you missed out on a copy ( i took too few). I have just found a report I w...
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Custard
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12 years ago

Hi Nicca,

can you give me a copy of the stats shown to us which included the 1:223 women in age group (30-35?), etc which was featured as an example of the 1 in 8 women will get bc inaccuracy?  (Not sure of my notes here and found it extremely enlightening.)

Thanks!

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