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Also we live longer so it’s more likely to detect and die from cancer. Even over 100 years ago is true incidence of cancer higher? Not to mention why we would
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Also we live longer so it’s more likely to detect and die from cancer.
Even over 100 years ago is true incidence of cancer higher? Not to mention why we would think we have more cancer now than 1000 years ago. Or perhaps we have more cancer but that’s because people aren’t dying of other things first, so it doesn’t matter we have more cancer.
This is the kind of counterproductive examples I find people arguing about. Of course there are more vehicle accidents now, but that’s because there’s more people driving, not that cars are more dangerous.
- kn0where 3y agoCars have absolutely gotten more dangerous as they’ve increased in size — for anyone outside of one.
- prepend 3y agoYet vehicle mortality rate has decreased [0] and pedestrian mortality rate is a bit trickier as over the past 40 years it dropped and then climbed back to where it was in absolute numbers [1]. So it’s definitely less dangerous based on the rate of drivers, passengers and pedestrians who die each year. Please share any better metrics you like for showing increase in danger. [0] https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/yearly-snapshot#yearly-snapshot https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/yearl... [1] https://www.axios.com/2023/06/23/pedestrian-deaths-cars-suvs-roads-unsafe https://www.axios.com/2023/06/23/pedestrian-deaths-cars-suvs...