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Incidently, the most common cancer for males in China is lung cancer (21%), followed by stomach cancer (19%). For females, stomach cancer is (12%). Cancer kil

Incidently, the most common cancer for males in China is lung cancer (21%), followed by stomach cancer (19%). For females, stomach cancer is (12%). Cancer kills about 7500 each day in China. And according to WHO, China the hardest hit by global surge in cancer http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3643656/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3643656/ http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1422475/china-hardest-hit-global-surge-cancer-says-who-report http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1422475/china-hardest... http://www.wpro.who.int/china/mediacentre/releases/2015/2015020302/en/ http://www.wpro.who.int/china/mediacentre/releases/2015/2015...

melling 10y ago
That's a little higher than in the US where 1,500 people die each day, with 1/4 the number of people. Perhaps the US and China could cooperate on a project(s) to better treat cancer(s).
sotojuan 10y ago
I live in Brooklyn's Chinatown and it seems a ton of people here smoke (especially men). If that's the same case back in China, it's not surprising especially because NYC has a lot of anti-smoking legislation.
- hughperkins 10y ago
  Its no longer representative in fact. Tobacco usage within China has dropped radically over the last few years.
contingencies 10y ago
I live in China, and a lot of the food here is very honest vegetable dishes with an emphasis on freshness. People also eat a lot of fruit: it's largely a very good diet. The highest stomach cancer incidence in the world is Korea (at almost double China's rate), followed by Mongolia (1.5x), then Japan (1.4x). It seems that vinegar, chilli, salt, hard liquor and meat is not a recipe for longevity. http://www.wcrf.org/int/cancer-facts-figures/data-specific-cancers/stomach-cancer-statistics http://www.wcrf.org/int/cancer-facts-figures/data-specific-c...
- ting_bu_dung 10y ago
  correct, China is not the top one for stomach cancer. however, it is still at #5 out of all the countries. gutter oil, imitation egg, walnut stuffed with cement, industrial salt sold as table salt, plastic rice, etc, certainly doesn't help http://www.wcrf.org/int/cancer-facts-figures/data-specific-cancers/stomach-cancer-statistics http://www.wcrf.org/int/cancer-facts-figures/data-specific-c... http://althealthworks.com/7943/top-10-toxic-fake-food-items-produced-in-chinayelena/ http://althealthworks.com/7943/top-10-toxic-fake-food-items-...
  - contingencies 10y ago
    If you actually read the article, it says those myths are basically all bullshit.
    - ting_bu_dung 10y ago
      no, the article makes references to when/where these incidents occurred. I am sorry you live in China.
      - contingencies 10y ago
        Although you are obviously trolling, I do feel compelled to point out that the factory farming / importation / lack of freshness / horse-meat type scandals in the US or UK food industries are unimpressive, and that as China has a larger population a greater number of isolated incidents would be expected.
  - wodenokoto 10y ago
    I believe the fake eggs are a myth as real eggs would be cheaper than anything else you can cook in ways similar to real eggs. But it is definitely contested, as this quora posts show [1]. I am inclined to believe the idea that these are eggs from unhealthy chickens or stale or frozen eggs or combinations of that. [1] https://www.quora.com/Are-the-fake-Chinese-eggs-a-true-story-or-yet-another-urban-legend https://www.quora.com/Are-the-fake-Chinese-eggs-a-true-story...
eva1984 10y ago
Smoking is the reason. I was very surprised to realize that in US, there were probably more people for weed than for cigarettes.

melling 10y ago

That's a little higher than in the US where 1,500 people die each day, with 1/4 the number of people. Perhaps the US and China could cooperate on a project(s) to better treat cancer(s).

sotojuan 10y ago

I live in Brooklyn's Chinatown and it seems a ton of people here smoke (especially men). If that's the same case back in China, it's not surprising especially because NYC has a lot of anti-smoking legislation.

hughperkins 10y ago
Its no longer representative in fact. Tobacco usage within China has dropped radically over the last few years.

contingencies 10y ago

I live in China, and a lot of the food here is very honest vegetable dishes with an emphasis on freshness. People also eat a lot of fruit: it's largely a very good diet. The highest stomach cancer incidence in the world is Korea (at almost double China's rate), followed by Mongolia (1.5x), then Japan (1.4x). It seems that vinegar, chilli, salt, hard liquor and meat is not a recipe for longevity. http://www.wcrf.org/int/cancer-facts-figures/data-specific-cancers/stomach-cancer-statistics http://www.wcrf.org/int/cancer-facts-figures/data-specific-c...

ting_bu_dung 10y ago
correct, China is not the top one for stomach cancer. however, it is still at #5 out of all the countries. gutter oil, imitation egg, walnut stuffed with cement, industrial salt sold as table salt, plastic rice, etc, certainly doesn't help http://www.wcrf.org/int/cancer-facts-figures/data-specific-cancers/stomach-cancer-statistics http://www.wcrf.org/int/cancer-facts-figures/data-specific-c... http://althealthworks.com/7943/top-10-toxic-fake-food-items-produced-in-chinayelena/ http://althealthworks.com/7943/top-10-toxic-fake-food-items-...
- contingencies 10y ago
  If you actually read the article, it says those myths are basically all bullshit.
  - ting_bu_dung 10y ago
    no, the article makes references to when/where these incidents occurred. I am sorry you live in China.
    - contingencies 10y ago
      Although you are obviously trolling, I do feel compelled to point out that the factory farming / importation / lack of freshness / horse-meat type scandals in the US or UK food industries are unimpressive, and that as China has a larger population a greater number of isolated incidents would be expected.
- wodenokoto 10y ago
  I believe the fake eggs are a myth as real eggs would be cheaper than anything else you can cook in ways similar to real eggs. But it is definitely contested, as this quora posts show [1]. I am inclined to believe the idea that these are eggs from unhealthy chickens or stale or frozen eggs or combinations of that. [1] https://www.quora.com/Are-the-fake-Chinese-eggs-a-true-story-or-yet-another-urban-legend https://www.quora.com/Are-the-fake-Chinese-eggs-a-true-story...

eva1984 10y ago

Smoking is the reason. I was very surprised to realize that in US, there were probably more people for weed than for cigarettes.