Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Cancer Statistics
The article regarding world wide cancer statistics I feel was a glaring endorsment for the mission of gapminder.com. The amount of data they've acquired regarding worldwide cancer incidence and prevlance is overwhelming, and I'm sure could bring profound insights into things that plainly I couldn't see in the way the data was presented. This goes to show that more links need to be made between researchers, statisticians, and field not normally collobrated with in public health like graphic artists or designers. We're all busy, and those with power are busier than us, and to expect them to look at that data, and be inspired to act seems unlikely.
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What article are you talking about?
/Ola Rosling
www.gapminder.org
i'd like to request that you give a brief overview of what the hell you're talking about before you blog about it. So instead of saying "That article was good" say, "That article that explained the new laws for population control in China was good because" "In the article it said________, and I agree because.
Then I could actually comment on your entries.
Thanks.
noted, thanks for the input.
hey- randomly came through your site. We are hosting an event with paul farmer in a couple weeks. If you are interested, let me know. It seems like from your blog you would really get something out of it. Sri
Sorry the article I referred to is found here.
http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/facts/pdf/worldcancer.pdf
It gives data regarding the prevalence and incidence of cancer throughout the world.
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