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    BBC Stats

    They are bloody stupid in the media, and the Beeb is one of the worse.

    Today the headline is: Rates of diabetes soar in the UK

    "From 1997 to 2003 there was a 74% rise in new cases of diabetes."

    ....and yet if you read the actual report itself the rate has changed from 26/100,00 to 43/10,000.

    So an extra 17 people per 10,000 have diabetes now than in 1997. Doesn't look like it has SOARED when you look at the figures in simple terms does it?

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    Yeah, that's the beauty of statisitics isn't it! Spin it anyway you like.

    I thought about that when they were mentioning Arsenal at the weekend. They are:

    12 games unbeaten

    or....

    only 5 wins in last 12

    or...

    drawn 7 of last 12


    The first one sounds so much better!

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    Not forgetting that since 1997 we have a few million more immigrants, so obviously the stats will go up, plus more awareness of it, and better detection, so probably the rate is about the same!

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