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>One of its priorities has been nonsmoker lung cancer, a disease that disproportionately affects Asian populations. It's a bit odd to describe 60% of the world
by 999900000999 2y ago
>One of its priorities has been nonsmoker lung cancer, a disease that disproportionately affects Asian populations.
It's a bit odd to describe 60% of the world's population as a single ethnic group. I'd like to see an breakdown by country. Do Indians( which itself can be separated into more sub groups) have higher rates than Eastern Russians, etc.
Then again, according to this article Asia just has higher rates of lung cancer. Excluding India for some reason.
https://www.cancer.org/research/acs-research-news/lung-cancer-kills-more-people-worldwide-than-other-cancers.html https://www.cancer.org/research/acs-research-news/lung-cance...
Is this genetic ? Or is industrialization to blame? "Poor" counties in Africa appear to have much lower rates( although a cynical take says this might be due to shorter average life spans as lung cancer is largely something that effects the elderly). Maybe living in a poor country where people can't afford cars nets some health benefits.
- mike50 2y agoRates of second hand smoke exposure?
- 999900000999 2y agoIt could also just be a measure of access to healthcare. If your poor and cancer gets you before you can be diagnosed it won't be reported as a cancer death.
- sniperjoe360 2y agoMany hypothesis, one of my favorite, however not at all proven, is the heavy use or sautee / stir fry cooking over gas stove. That’s like second hand smoke exposure at least a few times a day
- xdavidliu 2y agomaybe it's an industrialization thing. The poor countries in Africa don't have as many factories and smog; the rich countries also don't have as many factories, but the asian countries do.