[...] how problem X is one of the biggest threats to society today.  It affects us in our homes, at school, on the street, and everywhere we go.  In a study written by Joe Smith, it says: In the ten largest cities of North America, incidents of Problem X have been reported at an alarming ratein the past ten years.  A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine reported a 14% rise in incidents involving college students during hat period, as well as an even more alarming 20% spike among women who own cats. (Smith 43)