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I do not understand what absolute lifetime risk increase of 1% means. How many more people die compared to what?

• antirez 8y ago
  AFAIK it means that if the average person had 10% probably to die because of cancer, by drinking the probability will be 10.1 (1 percent more).
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  • antirez 8y ago
    Btw that would be a relative increase. They actually say absolute...