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Would saying "Go to the RIGHT hospital and you're 3 Times more likely to live?" be equivalent?
by automatwon 10y ago
Would saying "Go to the RIGHT hospital and you're 3 Times more likely to live?" be equivalent?
- trendia 10y agoNot really. Suppose 1 / 100 people die at a good hospital and 3 / 100 die at a bad hospital. If you go to a bad hospital, you're 3x more likely to die. But if you go to a good hospital, you're 99 / 97 or roughly 2% more likely to live.
- mjevans 10y agoThank you, that's almost crystal clear. Suppose 1 in 100 patients (for X) die at the best hospital and 3 in 100 die at the worst. Keeping percents the numbers are much less scare mongering. Best: 1% die, 99% live Worst: 3% die, 97% live Comparing the percents makes it sound much more significant "three times" (sounds like 300%, in an emotional sense).