Because, in this example, cancer went from 5% to 100% of all deaths. See how easy it is to lie with numbers?
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"Hey, *I* wouldn't be fooled!" Maybe not, if you checked the underlying numbers and didn't just look at the graph. How often do you do that?
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Speaking as someone who does check numbers sometimes: news statistics are nearly always misleading or wrong. People rarely notice.
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. Banned in Sweden. SubGenius, Zhuangist, white-hat troll. Defrocked mathematician. Brain problems.