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Am I reading the chart wrong or are DALYs (Disability-adjusted Life Years) down for almost everything beside breast cancer? This seems like we're just getting
by onlyrealcuzzo 3y ago
Am I reading the chart wrong or are DALYs (Disability-adjusted Life Years) down for almost everything beside breast cancer?
This seems like we're just getting better at detecting cancer earlier (especially breast cancer), and preventing it from killing you younger - not that cancer is a way bigger problem.
In fact - if you look at deaths - it also looks like it's down for most things, too - breast cancer being a major outlier.
But everyone else seems to be interpreting this the other way - so I'm hoping someone can explain why the DALY figures don't mean what I think they mean.
- mcpackieh 3y agoSince we're much better at detecting breast cancer early, why aren't breast cancer deaths down the most? Is this because treating breast cancer is particularly difficult, more-so than other cancers, or is something causing more breast cancer than before?
- onlyrealcuzzo 3y agoBreast cancer isn't particularly fatal now. Treatment has been pretty decent for at least 10 years. I'm surprised that deaths per 100k are up. I'm not sure if they adjusted this to account for the fact that the global population is older now than in 1990. But DALYs should cover that (which is still a strange outlier for breast cancer, but nothing major).