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> Even if the numbers did increase, most of the time this is due to improved detection, or shifting age distributions, ie. an older population will necessarily
by leg100 9y ago
> Even if the numbers did increase, most of the time this is due to improved detection, or shifting age distributions, ie. an older population will necessarily have more health issues.
Other than what you say about older people, it is pure conjecture to say that "most of the time" these are the causes.
- naasking 9y agoYeah, not really. If what you said were true, mortality would be increasing dramatically. This clearly isn't the case, therefore any apparent increase in disease rates must be due to improved detection. Or disease rates aren't really increasing at all.