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Cancer cases in people below 50 up nearly 80 percent in last three decades (www.aljazeera.com)

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About a million people aged below 50 die of cancer annually, a study says, projecting another 21 percent rise by 2030.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

So, correct me if I'm wrong, but the actual number when speaking relative to population growth would be:

180% / (7.75 Billion / 5.3 Billion) = 123.1%

So it's actually only a 23% increase, relatively.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This article is so misleading.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah. The unfortunate truth about science news reporting is that usually it's not sensational, so they need to play things up for clicks and ad revenue. A lot of the time it ends up in somewhat misleading semi-truths like this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's correct.