A survey for a certain year found that of pregnant women received medical care at least once before giving birth. Of these women, received medical care from doctors, while received medical care from other healthcare providers.
Given this information, which one of the following statements can be inferred with certainty?
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Answer: A
Let the total number of pregnant women be .
From the given data:
- The number of pregnant women who received medical care at least once is of , which is .
- Of these women, received medical care from doctors.
Therefore, the number of pregnant women who received medical care at least once from a doctor is:
This represents of the total pregnant women (). Since , we can conclude with certainty that more than half of the pregnant women received medical care at least once from a doctor.
Thus, Option A is the correct statement.
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