ABC NEWS Story I was featured in

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minimedic304

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Hey Everyone I was just featured on ABCnews.com in a story about Cystic Fibrosis. Check it out

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/OnCall/cystic-fibrosis-patients-living-longer/story?id=11007568">http://abcnews.go.com/Health/O...nger/story?id=11007568</a>
 
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minimedic304

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Hey Everyone I was just featured on ABCnews.com in a story about Cystic Fibrosis. Check it out

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/OnCall/cystic-fibrosis-patients-living-longer/story?id=11007568">http://abcnews.go.com/Health/O...nger/story?id=11007568</a>
 
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minimedic304

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Hey Everyone I was just featured on ABCnews.com in a story about Cystic Fibrosis. Check it out
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<br /><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/OnCall/cystic-fibrosis-patients-living-longer/story?id=11007568">http://abcnews.go.com/Health/O...nger/story?id=11007568</a>
 
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Mommafirst

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That is awesome!!!

I do have a question though, I've seen this number before and it boggles me. If 47% of CF patients are now living to 18+, how can the median be 37?? I mean a median is the number where half are above and half are below. So only 3% are between 47-50% and then the remainder are living beyond?? I don't get it. I teach a stats class, I have a pretty good grasp on this and I get the feeling someone is playing with numbers to fit their need at the time.
 
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Mommafirst

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That is awesome!!!

I do have a question though, I've seen this number before and it boggles me. If 47% of CF patients are now living to 18+, how can the median be 37?? I mean a median is the number where half are above and half are below. So only 3% are between 47-50% and then the remainder are living beyond?? I don't get it. I teach a stats class, I have a pretty good grasp on this and I get the feeling someone is playing with numbers to fit their need at the time.
 
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Mommafirst

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That is awesome!!!
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<br />I do have a question though, I've seen this number before and it boggles me. If 47% of CF patients are now living to 18+, how can the median be 37?? I mean a median is the number where half are above and half are below. So only 3% are between 47-50% and then the remainder are living beyond?? I don't get it. I teach a stats class, I have a pretty good grasp on this and I get the feeling someone is playing with numbers to fit their need at the time.
 
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minimedic304

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I dont know how they came up with that number...there is alot of things I would like to challenge...that being one of them...i think the median age would be lower...i hear way to many people dying in the late teens, and 20's ...way few in the 30-40-50 range...or is that because those in the 30-50 range are not as active in social networking as the younger generation, so we just dont know whats happening in that age group...dont really know either way.... i was hoping the story was going to sway more towards Cf patients living longer but paying more for health care...but it didnt happen that way
 
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minimedic304

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I dont know how they came up with that number...there is alot of things I would like to challenge...that being one of them...i think the median age would be lower...i hear way to many people dying in the late teens, and 20's ...way few in the 30-40-50 range...or is that because those in the 30-50 range are not as active in social networking as the younger generation, so we just dont know whats happening in that age group...dont really know either way.... i was hoping the story was going to sway more towards Cf patients living longer but paying more for health care...but it didnt happen that way
 
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