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Fact boxes: what happens to 1,000 people who do, and 1,000 who don't
Fact boxes: what happens to 1,000 people who do, and 1,000 who don't: one box per decision, each a two-column table over a stated horizon with the source…
This launch guide maps the topic, the source base and the practical questions. Check the linked official authority before acting on a rule, deadline, price or safety requirement.
What this guide covers
One box per decision, each a two-column table over a stated horizon with the source and the uncertainty printed underneath: breast, cervical, colorectal, lung and prostate screening, abdominal aortic aneurysm, skin checks, statins for primary prevention, blood-pressure treatment, aspirin, menopausal hormone therapy, antibiotics for sore throat.
Both columns are always shown — the cancers found and the deaths avoided next to the false alarms, biopsies and overdiagnoses — and each box is printable in four languages so a person can take it into an appointment. Fourteen boxes.
How to use it
Use Fact boxes: what happens to 1,000 people who do, and 1,000 who don't as a structured learning path: begin with the vocabulary, follow the evidence map, and keep the uncertainty labels attached to claims as you compare sources.
The page keeps the main question, its evidence base and its limits together in one canonical place. That makes it useful as a quick orientation and avoids splitting a broad subject into shallow pages before each narrower answer has enough verified material of its own.
Search vocabulary in four languages
Terminology changes across borders. These are example phrases people use for the same subject in Estonian, Finnish, Russian and English; they are included as a practical vocabulary aid, not as hidden keywords.
| Language | Example phrase |
|---|---|
| Estonian | kas sõeluuringul osaleda kasu ja kahju |
| Finnish | kannattaako seulontaan osallistua hyödyt ja haitat |
| Russian | скрининг польза и вред статистика |
| English | screening benefits and harms per 1000 |
Evidence and provenance
The evidence map below records the primary, official or openly licensed material chosen for this guide. It is deliberately visible so a reader can tell the difference between a rule published by an authority, a measured dataset and an editorial explanation.
Source: own computation from Cochrane reviews, USPSTF evidence reports (US public domain) and the published Estonian and Finnish programme statistics; the fact-box format is credited to the Harding Center as a model, with all numbers recomputed rather than reproduced. · checked 2026-09-09
Source names are preserved even where an authority changes its web address. No figure is added to this launch page unless it is already present in the cited source description or can be computed from a named dataset.
Scope and boundaries
YMYL, clinician-reviewed before publication; every box states that the decision belongs to the reader and their doctor.
Connected TempoLife guides
The following paths are the intentional hand-offs named in the brief. They keep adjacent subjects separate while making the next useful reference easy to find.
Screening
Continue to the related TempoLife reference.
Risk
Continue to the related TempoLife reference.
Why it belongs on TempoLife
/screening, /risk.
Frequently asked questions
What does this guide cover?
One box per decision, each a two-column table over a stated horizon with the source and the uncertainty printed underneath: breast, cervical, colorectal, lung and prostate screening, abdominal aortic aneurysm, skin checks, statins for primary prevention, blood-pressure treatment, aspirin, menopausal hormone therapy, antibiotics for sore throat. Both columns are always shown — the cancers found and the deaths avoided next to the false alarms, biopsies and overdiagnoses — and each box is printable in four languages…
What evidence does it use?
own computation from Cochrane reviews, USPSTF evidence reports (US public domain) and the published Estonian and Finnish programme statistics; the fact-box format is credited to the Harding Center as a model, with all numbers recomputed rather than reproduced.
Where does this guide stop?
YMYL, clinician-reviewed before publication; every box states that the decision belongs to the reader and their doctor.
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