stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to World News@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoCancer cases in people below 50 up nearly 80 percent in last three decadeswww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1326arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: news@szmer.info
arrow-up1319arrow-down1external-linkCancer cases in people below 50 up nearly 80 percent in last three decadeswww.aljazeera.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to World News@lemmy.ml · 10 months agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@szmer.info
About a million people aged below 50 die of cancer annually, a study says, projecting another 21 percent rise by 2030.
minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-210 months agoSo, 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.
minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-210 months agoYeah. 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.
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.
This article is so misleading.
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.
That’s correct.