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hi! i read an answer you gave another questioner and i just want to ask how you retain so much info. for example, here: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
you say:
In 2006 The World Health Organization estimated that 75% of adult HIV infections world-wide were infected by heterosexual sex.
i would like to be able to remember facts like that! i dunno if the fact is important to you or you have a good memory or what? haha umm i hope my question makes sense
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It's not so much about memory hun, as it is about research.
All facts are contestable. All surveys can be in error. All data can be misinterpreted, misread, misapplied or simply taken out of context. All authority can, and should be questioned.
When I give statistics like that it is normally the result of an hour of research into the statistic itself, and then another half hour or so into the organization and study that produced the statistic and other studies that might refute it.
Take this as an example: In May 2006 the US Department of Health and Human Services reported this: "Worldwide, more than 90 percent of all adolescent and adult HIV infections have resulted from heterosexual intercourse."
(find the official government page here:[Link](Mouse over link to see full location))
Wow eh? That is even higher then the WHO statistic and it's taken in the same year, likely from people looking at many of the same studies... So how did they get different numbers while reporting on something (new cases of HIV world-wide) phrased in a very similar way?
Its good ask yourself these questions when you look at statistics. Who is reporting them? Where did they get their information? What is the goal of the organization that is sharing this information? Who is this organization trying to speak too with these stats?
Please, never take my advice, or my statistics, blindly. I do my best to be responsible when I give my advice, but I ask the reader to do their best as well.
I don't pretend to have a great memory. In fact, my memory really sucks, anyone who knows me can tell you as much, but I do my research, I try to present the best information I can, and I gauge my overall impressions on a topic from a variety of sources, even ones I might disagree with initially.
I hope that answers your question...
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