(93) Tables of side effect risks

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Many health information displays use tables to compare multiple alternatives over an even longer list of dimensions (risks, benefits, costs, etc.) The goal of this image is to use visual cues to make it easier to make such comparisons across multiple options.
  • My goal
  • Risk tradeoffs
  • Differences in likelihood
  • Details or gist?
  • Verbatim recall
  • Gist understanding
  • Data I have
  • Risk estimate
  • Health conditions
  • Side effects
  • Cancer
  • Prostate cancer
  • Treatment choice
  • Graphic type
  • Color gradient
  • Bar graph
  • Tables