Day 256 - 04 Jun 96 - Page 15

     
     1        A.  Yes, I do.  I am sorry.
     2
     3   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.
     4
     5   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  For future reference, I put that right at the
     6        back of H3, which is my Professor Campbell section.
     7
     8   MR. MORRIS:  Right.  I will read this through.  I am not going
     9        to read the two paragraphs at the bottom of the first page
    10        about public recognition, and I was not going to read the
    11        paragraphs on the third page under "more speculative
    12        ideas".  I will read the rest.
    13
    14        "Some snippets of information from the China Project.
    15        Background.  This is the most comprehensive project on diet
    16        and disease ever undertaken.  Two major surveys were
    17        undertaken:  1983 and 1989 to 90.  These surveys were
    18        undertaken in China, because cancers and various other
    19        diseases exhibit exceptional geographic localisation.
    20        Thus, it made sense to examine these local regions to
         determine the responsible dietary and lifestyle factors.
    22        In a 1983 survey, 367 items of information were collected
    23        on how people live and how they die in 138 rural Chinese
    24        villages.  6,500 adults and their families were surveyed."
    25
    26        Can I just ask a question on that, actually?  Do you know
    27        anything about the total numbers of people, if it was 6,500
    28        families?
    29        A.  Approximately 20,000 total.
    30
    31   Q.   Right.
    32
    33        "In a 1989/90 survey, more than 1,000 items of information
    34        were collected in 170 villages in rural China and Taiwan,
    35        involving 10,200 adults and their families."
    36
    37        Was there a total figure for the number of people in that
    38        one?
    39        A.  Yes.  You can multiply it by approximately four.
    40
    Q.   So, something like 40,000 individuals?
    42        A.  Yes.  There is one correction there, incidentally,
    43        I just saw.  The 1,000 items of information was our
    44        estimate of what we were going to eventually acquire; and
    45        we are just about done with the survey now, and the better
    46        estimate is closer to 700 items of information.
    47
    48   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  So I should put "about 700", should I?
    49        A.  Yes.
    50 
    51   MR. JUSTICE BELL:   Thank you. 
    52 
    53   MR. MORRIS:  Is that 700 items of information from each
    54        individual?
    55        A.  Yes.
    56
    57   Q.   Right.  Continuing to read:
    58
    59        "These new data, including a large number of socioeconomic
    60        characteristics, will be combined with a new survey on