Followup to "How to Lie with Statistics"

[bunnyjadwiga]

The CDC has updated me:

Hi,
Your entry here showed up in a Google link.
http://bunnyjadwiga.livejournal.com/
11:12 am - How to lie with statistics
The estimated total number of pregnancies for 2005 was 6.4 million.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_04.pdf
An update with a few more years of data is being worked on.
thanks,
[redacted]
rsb.dvs.nchs.CDC

I am amused.

Comments

But you shouldn't be surprised

[bytchearse.livejournal.com]

By now you should be used to being quoted as a source ;-D

[elizabear.livejournal.com]

Good to know the CDC is checking the web to see what people are saying about them!

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

:-) Point to you.