GRAPHIC/TEXT INTEGRATION - AGGREGATION/DISAGGREGATION

AGGREGATION ANNOTATION - 32

Source: Scientific American - carenini@cs.pitt.edu


Text points out:

The annotation indicates number of deaths caused by all factors excluding the largest two (aggregate).


Text: "Tobacco and diet, including the latter's effects of obesity, account for about 300,000 cancer fatalities every year in the U.S. - or about 60% of the country annual cancer mortality. Researchers hope these numbers, particularly those for tobacco-caused deaths, can be significantly reduced. Other factors, however, such as those dating to around the time of birth (perinatal factors) or those related to reproduction, are expected to be much more resistant to improvement"