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@infobeautiful diabetes is that low? Damn, that's impressive for the worst food on earth.
Jokes aside they talk that much about homicide but how many times is it to ban guns?

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Occasionally Russians abroad fall out of windows.

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How many deaths 2025 are caused by diseases for which vaccines exist?

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How very clever. You are comparing apples to herrings.

If somebody dies from illness in their own or hospital bed, it very seldom is news. Usually no need to be.

If somebody is killed in a terrorism act or murdered, it normally is news. And for a reason.

@benroyce @PizzaDemon @infobeautiful @ourworldindata Same argument could be made for the other diseases listed too. How much heart disease is caused by corporations insisting on a "right" to push cheap, addictive, harmful foods? Or by insurance companies refusing to pay for preventative care? How much of that cancer is caused by the obscene profits made by dumping carcinogens into our environment? How many of those strokes are...actually I dunno enough about the causes of that one...but I'm still pretty sure the billionaires have *something* to do with it! lol

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strokes are high blood pressure so same as heart disease

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In J-School, first-year students learn the definition of news with the difference between the 'Dog bites man' and 'Man bites dog' headlines. The above is also a great representation. The uninitiated would confuse newsworthiness with perception of importance, as evidenced by the conspiracists (U.S. folks?) in this commentary.

@infobeautiful @ourworldindata I would love to see a similar graphic designed to add one or more comparison countries. E.g., if Canada was added the rates of Heart disease and cancer are probably similar to US, and probably equally ignored in media...

This is why I always tell people to follow the data, not the headlines

Media optimizes for clicks and emotional reactions. Reality optimizes for... reality

The gap between what we THINK kills people and what ACTUALLY kills people explains so much about how we allocate resources, funding, and attention as a society

Heart disease quietly takes out more people than anything on the front page, but it does not generate engagement so it stays invisible

@benroyce
In one specific and very real case that I know personally, killing Grandpa.
Which also led to a spiral in Grandma, and her death a year later.

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