Explanation: 1900: 5 deaths from cancer, 95 from infectious disease. 2000: 5 from cancer, 0 from infection. Headline: CANCER UP 1900%!!!
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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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