FIRST MESSAGE: >

 "Fifteen years ago researchers tat the University of UMEA inSweden asked
> 12,000 people how often they went to museums. When researchers checked
> bacvk ten years later, only 67 of the respondents who visited museums
> regularly had died, compared to 399 of those who rarely or never went."
>
> Terri McNichol

SECOND MESSAGE:

> Need I comment that the higher SES of museum visitors is probably related
to
> good diet and adequate healthcare, and that the covariance on these
factors
> would need to be partitioned before even considering whether or not there
was
> any causal connection beyond this economic priviledge?
>
> Carey

Actually, perhaps I'm reading it wrong, but I don't think anything can be
determined by this statistic. 12,000 people were questioned about how often
they visited museums. No number is given as to how many of them said that
did go to museums (at least none came through on my post. Maybe I missed
it?). So, let's say that 68 respondents said that they did. Of those 68, 67
of them have died. Meanwhile, 11932 of those surveyed said that they did not
visit museums. 399 of those respondents have since died. In this scenario,
the non-visitors look like they have much better odds, huh?

Sorry for being so picky, everybody. I've just finished both a quarterly and
annual report, and am just getting out of "what percentage of people met
these outcomes" land.

: )
- Sarah

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