Comments on: What are my chances of becoming a disease-ridden homeless wino? http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2008/10/11802/what-are-my-chances-of-becoming-a-disease-ridden-homeless-wino/ A daily newsmagazine of campus and culture for Northwestern University. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:08:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: sebastian saglimbeni http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2008/10/11802/what-are-my-chances-of-becoming-a-disease-ridden-homeless-wino/comment-page-1/#comment-61025 sebastian saglimbeni Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:21:47 +0000 http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/?p=11802#comment-61025 of all the scary options listed........makes me think seriously think.hello mike-we love you!great piece!sebastian. of all the scary options listed……..makes me think seriously think.hello mike-we love you!great piece!sebastian.

]]> By: Anna http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2008/10/11802/what-are-my-chances-of-becoming-a-disease-ridden-homeless-wino/comment-page-1/#comment-60751 Anna Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:02:02 +0000 http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/?p=11802#comment-60751 While these are some very interesting statistics, you can't really get a true statistical estimate of what percentage of the population will experience more than one of these phenomena, as they are not truly mutually exclusive. You would have to do studies on the incidences of say, alcoholism in the homeless population, or homelessness in the alcoholic population, as it is liely that there will be a strong correlation. You know. Just saying. While these are some very interesting statistics, you can’t really get a true statistical estimate of what percentage of the population will experience more than one of these phenomena, as they are not truly mutually exclusive. You would have to do studies on the incidences of say, alcoholism in the homeless population, or homelessness in the alcoholic population, as it is liely that there will be a strong correlation.

You know. Just saying.

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