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>That is a huge number. Compared to what?

• coldtea 9y ago
  Compared to the lifetime odds of almost all other mortality risks: https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-mortality-risk https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-mortalit... Not to mention just in itself -- opposed to 0 people dying prematurely because of that.
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  • jjeaff 9y ago
    0 dying? Doesn't it just say it increases your chance by 18%? So instead of 1 in 170, not eating nitrates makes it 1 in 200.
    • coldtea 9y ago
      I said "0 dying _prematurely_" because of nitrates. Those 170 would have had it anyway.
• 13of40 9y ago
  https://amp-businessinsider-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/amp.businessinsider.com/images/5a860c28d0307219008b45d4-1136-1321.png https://amp-businessinsider-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/amp.b... Take your pick. It's basically worse than gun violence but better than alcohol.