--- Han Tacoma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Chad (Wed, 4 Jun 2003 09:05:30 -0700) writes:
> > > -----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.
>
> Yes to all your comments. It seems however that Americans are really in a
> state
> of "denial" :-(
>
All true. However,
A greater percent of diagnosis may have more to say about the ability or
likelihood of diagnosing rather than, or in addition to, the likelihood of
the disease.
Obesity is a serious problem for America, but are smoking and viral infection
more likely?
Jan
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