Information is Beautiful
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Data visualizations & information graphics by David McCandless. Plus favourite finds & graphics from around the web. Making sense of the world - well, trying to - since 2009. linktr.ee/infobeautiful
![This bar chart titled “How many people still die of lung cancer after quitting smoking by age [OC]” shows, per 1,000 people, the number who develop lung cancer by age 75 (red bars) and the number who die from it (black bars), across six smoking behavior groups: Never smoke, Quit before 30, Quit before 40, Quit before 50, Quit before 60, and Never quit smoking. For “Never smoke,” 4 get lung cancer and 3 die from it. For those who quit before 30, 20 get it and 15 die; quit before 40: 30 get it, 22 die; quit before 50: 60 get it, 44 die; quit before 60: 100 get it, 74 die; and for “Never quit smoking,” 190 get lung cancer and 141 die. The chart illustrates that quitting at any age reduces risk compared to continuing, but risk remains elevated relative to never smokers, with earlier quitting yielding substantially lower numbers. The legend clarifies red = “Get Lung Cancer by 75”, black = “Die from it”. The post is attributed to user daysleeperrr and marked [OC] (original content).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7widwi4mbmc67v6purqbq7sg/bafkreifubhhewcjy6sanlnltnmx3mscexzcap54rwjbpvyf6sb7ld2u6da)
