With appreciation to the They Said What? website, we bring this example of some pretty poor math from the Cleveland Clinic:
What's wrong? As the site notes:
Not only is 144,000 people not “1 out of 19 people in the United States.” 144,000 is barely 1 out of 19 people in greater Cleveland.
Fortunately, the underlying prevention message is valid, but I would have liked to have seen some indication in the infographic that many people can stop having colonoscopies after age 75, something noted by another prominent Midwestern health system.
What's wrong? As the site notes:
Not only is 144,000 people not “1 out of 19 people in the United States.” 144,000 is barely 1 out of 19 people in greater Cleveland.
Fortunately, the underlying prevention message is valid, but I would have liked to have seen some indication in the infographic that many people can stop having colonoscopies after age 75, something noted by another prominent Midwestern health system.
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