In a cross-sectional study of peptic ulcer among men and women aged 35 to 59, 70 per 100,000 men and 95 per 100,000 women met the criteria for symptomatic peptic ulcer disease. The inference that in this age group, women are at greater risk of developing peptic ulcer is:
(A) Correct
(B) Incorrect because of failure to distinguish between incidence and prevalence
(C) Incorrect because rates were used to compare males and females
(D) Incorrect because of failure to recognize a possible cohort effect
(E) Incorrect because there is no comparison or control group