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Misleading report

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  • 02-01-2021 5:24pm
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    crossman47
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    The Irish Times report says babies born on 1 Jan have a life expectancy of 105 :Irish babies born on January 1st expected to live to 105 years of age – UN. I think they are using this https://population.un.org/wpp/Graphs/926 which says no such thing. Perhaps they mean one of the babies will live to 105!

    A typical misuse of statistics by a reporter who can't see it is a bit unlikely.


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    endacl
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    Glad you cleared that up.


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    expectationlost
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    crossman47 wrote: »
    The Irish Times report says babies born on 1 Jan have a life expectancy of 105 :Irish babies born on January 1st expected to live to 105 years of age – UN. I think they are using this https://population.un.org/wpp/Graphs/926 which says no such thing. Perhaps they mean one of the babies will live to 105!

    A typical misuse of statistics by a reporter who can't see it is a bit unlikely.

    readersrep@irishtimes.com for corrections


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