include indicates

include indicates
 that what is to follow is only part of a greater whole. To use it when you are describing a totality (as in "The 350 layoffs include 200 in Michigan and 150 in Indiana") is sloppy and possibly misleading.

Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors. 2013.

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