GRAPHIC/TEXT INTEGRATION - AGGREGATION/DISAGGREGATION

AGGREGATION ANNOTATION - 32

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

Text points out:

• Number of deaths and percentage of mortality caused by the two largest factors (aggregate): 300.000 and 60% respectively.
• that deaths caused by the two largest causes, tobacco in particular, can be largely reduced
• there are minor factors that cannot be reduced (for which current mortality is equal to realistic goal)

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"