Smoking increases the risk of death for many causes
graph by Saloni Dattani/Our World in Data; slow reveal by Jenna Laib
(Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse)
Type of Graph: bar graph
Visualization Source: Dattani, Saloni. “Smoking increases the risk of death for many causes.” Our World in Data BlueSky: July 2, 2025.
Also see: Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser (2023) – “Smoking” Published online at OurWorldinData.org. Retrieved from: ‘https://ourworldindata.org/smoking’
Data Source: Oza S, Thun MJ, Henley SJ, Lopez AD, Ezzati M. How many deaths are attributable to smoking in the United States? Comparison of methods for estimating smoking-attributable mortality when smoking prevalence changes. Prev Med. 2011 Jun;52(6):428-33. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.04.007. Epub 2011 Apr 17. PMID: 21530575
Potential Math Content: bar graphs, logarithmic scale, base 2, estimating values, comparing scale, multiplicative comparisons
Potential Content Connections: health, smoking
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