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This trend has continued in a more recent analysis of the data (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6915a1.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm691

This trend has continued in a more recent analysis of the data (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6915a1.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6915a1.htm): > During 2007–2016, the incidence of cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx combined increased, despite decreases in several anatomic sites, including the nasopharynx, hypopharynx, lip, and floor of mouth. The overall increase appears to be driven by increases in cancers of the tonsil, base of tongue, oropharynx, and other cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx, which are HPV-associated, as well as by those of gum and anterior tongue.

est31 6y ago
Thanks for linking this study. It seems at first that it proves your point, but note that not everyone is vaccinated against HPV. Older people in fact aren't. If you look at table 2, you'll see that cancer rates have gone up for the general population, but in the group aged 20-39, the rates have gone down for many cancers. I put this onto the high vaccination rates in that population. The data is only from 2016, and in the 2013-2018 period there has been a big jump in vaccination rates in the 18-26 population, so I expect this decline to continue.
- CyberRabbi 6y ago
  > It seems at first that it proves your point, but note that not everyone is vaccinated against HPV The efficacy of the HPV vaccine in preventing throat cancer doesn’t refute the observation that practicing oral sex increases one’s likelihood of contracting throat cancer. > I put this onto the high vaccination rates in that population. I don’t think you can draw that conclusion from this data. > The data is only from 2016, and in the 2013-2018 period there has been a big jump in vaccination rates in the 18-26 population Can you provide a source?
  - est31 6y ago
    > > The data is only from 2016, and in the 2013-2018 period there has been a big jump in vaccination rates in the 18-26 population > Can you provide a source? https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db354-h.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db354-h.pdf

est31 6y ago

Thanks for linking this study. It seems at first that it proves your point, but note that not everyone is vaccinated against HPV. Older people in fact aren't. If you look at table 2, you'll see that cancer rates have gone up for the general population, but in the group aged 20-39, the rates have gone down for many cancers. I put this onto the high vaccination rates in that population. The data is only from 2016, and in the 2013-2018 period there has been a big jump in vaccination rates in the 18-26 population, so I expect this decline to continue.

CyberRabbi 6y ago
> It seems at first that it proves your point, but note that not everyone is vaccinated against HPV The efficacy of the HPV vaccine in preventing throat cancer doesn’t refute the observation that practicing oral sex increases one’s likelihood of contracting throat cancer. > I put this onto the high vaccination rates in that population. I don’t think you can draw that conclusion from this data. > The data is only from 2016, and in the 2013-2018 period there has been a big jump in vaccination rates in the 18-26 population Can you provide a source?
- est31 6y ago
  > > The data is only from 2016, and in the 2013-2018 period there has been a big jump in vaccination rates in the 18-26 population > Can you provide a source? https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db354-h.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db354-h.pdf