I have two distinct groups made of a different numbers of subjects (111 Millions and 126 Millions). My goal is to evaluate how many subjects in the two groups encounter 10 different diseases. For this purpose, I build a table (reporting here only 4 out of 10 diseases) as follows:
Disease | Group A | Group B |
---|---|---|
A | 23 M | 19 M |
B | 45 M | 18 M |
C | 19 M | 18 M |
D | 21 M | 20 M |
In this case there are no means involved: I'm simply counting the number of occurrences (frequency) within each group and for each disease. Is there a way to check whether the the difference is statistically significant for each disease between the two groups? I would proceed with a Chi-squared test isolating each disease, building a contingency table as follows and then run the test.
Disease A | Group A | Group B | Sum |
---|---|---|---|
Infected | 23 M | 19 M | 42 M |
Not-Infected | 88 M | 107 M | 195 M |
Sum | 111 M | 126 M |
Is, in this case the Chi-squared test, the most appropriate test?