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Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4

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Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4

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    Why medical error is not the third leading cause of death in the US

    Why medical error is not the third leading cause of death in the US

    The claim that medical error is the third leading cause of death in the US has been zooming around the internet for years.
    This would mean that only heart disease and cancer killed more people than the very people trying to treat these diseases.
    But there are good reasons to be suspicious about the claim.
    Professor Mary Dixon-Woods, director of The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute, or THIS Institute, at Cambridge University, explains what’s going on.
    Presenter: Tim Harford
    Series producer: Tom Colls
    Production coordinator: Brenda Brown
    Sound mix: Nigel Appleton
    Editor: Richard Vadon

    • 9 min
    Debate, Reform, tax evasion and ants

    Debate, Reform, tax evasion and ants

    Were there any suspicious claims in the election debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer?
    Do the claims in Reform UK’s policy documents on excess deaths and climate change make sense?
    Can the Conservatives and Labour raise £6bn a year by cracking down on tax avoidance and evasion?
    And do all the humans on earth weigh more than all of the ants?
    Presenter: Tim Harford
    Reporters: Kate Lamble and Nathan Gower
    Producer: Beth Ashmead-Latham
    Series producer: Tom Colls
    Production coordinator: Brenda Brown
    Editor: Richard Vadon

    • 30 min
    Data for India

    Data for India

    India’s election has been running since 19 April. With results imminent on 4th June, More or Less talks with Chennai based data communicator Rukmini S. She founded Data for India, a new website designed to make socioeconomic data on India easier to find and understand. She talks us through the changing trends to help give a better picture of the type of country the winning party will govern.
    Producers: Bethan Ashmead and Nathan Gower
    Sound Engineer: Nigel Appleton
    Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown
    Editor: Richard Vadon

    • 8 min
    UK growth, prisons and Swiftonomics

    UK growth, prisons and Swiftonomics

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that the UK economy is growing faster than Germany, France and the US, while Labour says the typical household in the UK is worse off by £5,883 since 2019. Are these claims fair? We give some needed context.
    Net migration has fallen - we talk to someone who predicted it would - Dr Madeleine Sumption, director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford.
    Is Taylor Swift about to add £1 bn to the British economy as some media outlets have claimed? The answer is ‘No’.
    Why are our prisons full? We ask Cassia Rowland from the Institute for Government.
    Presenter: Tim Harford
    Producers: Charlotte McDonald, Nathan Gower, Bethan Ashmead Latham and Ellie House
    Series producer: Tom Colls
    Sound mix: Neil Churchill
    Production coordinator: Brenda Brown
    Editor: Richard Vadon

    • 28 min
    Is intermittent fasting going to kill you?

    Is intermittent fasting going to kill you?

    News stories earlier in the year appeared to suggest that time restricted eating – where you consume all your meals in an 8 hour time window – was associated with a 91% increase in the risk of death from cardiovascular disease.
    But is this true? Tim Harford looks into the claim with the help of Cardiologist Dr Donald Lloyd-Jones, chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University in the US.
    Presenter: Tim Harford
    Producer: Debbie Richford
    Series producer: Tom Colls
    Production coordinator: Brenda Brown
    Sound mix: Nigel Appleton
    Editor: Richard Vadon

    • 10 min
    MP misconduct, NHS waiting lists and gold (gold)

    MP misconduct, NHS waiting lists and gold (gold)

    Is it going to take 685 years to clear NHS waiting lists in England?
    Are 10 per cent of MPs under investigation for sexual misconduct?
    How does gold effect the UKs export figures?
    What does it mean to say that a woman has 120% chance of getting pregnant?
    Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news.
    Presenter: Tim Harford
    Producers: Nathan Gower and Bethan Ashmead Latham
    Series producer: Tom Colls
    Sound mix: Neil Churchill
    Production coordinator: Brenda Brown
    Editor: Richard Vadon

    • 29 min

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