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Thank you, so THAT'S why in the 10th slide it says, "cancer and heart disease have become much less deadly over the years", but the data in the graph says the o
by shutupalready 13y ago
Thank you, so THAT'S why in the 10th slide it says, "cancer and heart disease have become much less deadly over the years", but the data in the graph says the opposite?
I.e., the graph in slide #10 says:
Cancer in 1990 killed 40422, but in 2010, 50962.
Heart disease in 1990 killed 36545, but in 2010, 45783.
That seems like cancer and heart disease have become worse, not less deadly over the years. That slide is baffling unless you realize that the population must have increased significantly between 1990 and 2010.
- dekhn 13y agoIn short: more people die of cancer and heart disease now that communicable diseases are more under control in first world countries. The AIDS death epidemic was the rare exception. Graphs like this are misleading and it's often difficult to collect all the raw data to do the datacube aggregations across multiple dimensions to visualize the data and understand these sorts of details.
- MaysonL 13y agoAlso, the population was older in 2010, and older people are much more likely to die of cancer and heart disease.