> -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Sloan II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 7:12 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: L3: World cancer death rates have increased by 35% from > 1987 to 1995 says WHO, and they'll double again by 2020. > > > Han Tacoma forwarded: > > > Cancer was responsible for 12 percent of the nearly 56 > > million deaths worldwide from all causes in 2000. In > > industrialized countries more than one in four people > > will die from the disease, a rate more than twice as > > high as developing countries. > > Could it be because people in industrialized countries > are more likely to live long enough to *get* cancer?
I think so, but the numbers only suggested a modest increase due to age - about 25% more likely. Industrial countries have a 50% greater incidence of cancer. Lifestyle still seems to be the most common indicator for cancer (obesity, smoking, viral infection). We eat a lot. Nerd from Hell > ______________________________________________________________________ > Steve Sloan ......... Huntsville, Alabama =========> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Brin-L list pages .............................. http://www.brin-l.org > Chmeee's 3D Objects .................... http://www.sloan3d.com/chmeee > 3D and Drawing Galleries .................. http://www.sloansteady.com > Software ................ Science Fiction, Science, and Computer Links > Science fiction scans ......................... http://www.sloan3d.com > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
