Hmm. When I look at the graphs, I see nothing spectacular here, except for one. In all cases, they pretty much mirror every other country, which over time sho

Hmm. When I look at the graphs, I see nothing spectacular here, except for one. In all cases, they pretty much mirror every other country, which over time shows gradual declines. That is, except for Cerebrovascular. I have to wonder, what of WWII? 1) Almost every single Japanese city of any size was firebombed, and the cities being mostly wooden, most of those cities burned extensively. https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=217 https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=217 (scroll down a bit for a chart of some of the cities bombed, 50+? More, even?) In fact, the number of deaths from firebombing dwarfed the two nuclear bombs dropped. Now imagine all of that smoke, burning varnish + paint + wood for days or weeks on end. You may think that burning wood is not an issue, but people have died from burning pressure treated wood, as an example, due to the chemicals in it. I don't know what sort of treatments 1940s Japan had in its mostly wooden cities of the time, including buildings 100+ years old, but you can be sure they had something. Pressure treating has been around since the early 1800s, but even staining/coating wood with chemicals to kill pests (insects), is almost a certainty. How does this affect a person's body? There is a lot of talk about diet, and diet is important, but what about creosote, a common preservation agent used on wood at the time? There are all sorts of potential side effects, and as we known from some other conditions, it can take a long time to manifest. https://www.science.gov/topicpages/t/tar+creosote+exposure https://www.science.gov/topicpages/t/tar+creosote+exposure Or, perhaps, damage is done... but does not exhibit itself until old age. Meaning, "near the end", the thing which gets you is "what has been most weakened." 2) Of course, there were the bombs. There were birth defects, raised cancer rates, on and on. 3) People with 'bad outcomes' in those graphs peaking up to the 1970s, would have been 20 to 30 years old or so in the 40s. I guess what I'm saying here is, 20-30 year olds during WWII would show as a peak in graphs during the 70s, potentially. Why do the graphs start right when those who experienced WWII as adults, would be perhaps dying due to the effects of those conditions? Ah well. Just thoughts.