Determine value of p when start to worry

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Say there is the rare disease whose prevalence in general population is 1 in 1000. On your visit to doctor, suspecting you have disease she performs a test and you test positive for disease. Your disease worry threshold is 50%, that is you only worry if there is at least a 50 or more percent chance that you have the disease. Suppose that test has same specificity = p For what value of p will you start to worry?

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