Stuff that Blows Your Mind

Blank. · 09-27-2016, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

Maybe I have but shhhh, you aren't supposed to call me out on that. Stick to the topic at hand.

Lol. Sure. Uhhhh. Chemicals, medication, bad, autism causing it, uhhhh. Am I doing it right?

djchameleon · 09-27-2016, 12:51 AM

Here are some stats.

In 2016, an estimated 1,685,210 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States and 595,690 people will die from the disease.
The most common cancers in 2016 are projected to be breast cancer, lung and bronchus cancer, prostate cancer, colon and rectum cancer, bladder cancer, melanoma of the skin, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, thyroid cancer, kidney and renal pelvis cancer, leukemia, endometrial cancer, and pancreatic cancer.
The number of new cases of cancer (cancer incidence) is 454.8 per 100,000 men and women per year (based on 2008-2012 cases).
The number of cancer deaths (cancer mortality) is 171.2 per 100,000 men and women per year (based on 2008-2012 deaths).
Cancer mortality is higher among men than women (207.9 per 100,000 men and 145.4 per 100,000 women). It is highest in African American men (261.5 per 100,000) and lowest in Asian/Pacific Islander women (91.2 per 100,000). (Based on 2008-2012 deaths.)
The number of people living beyond a cancer diagnosis reached nearly 14.5 million in 2014 and is expected to rise to almost 19 million by 2024.
Approximately 39.6 percent of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point during their lifetimes (based on 2010-2012 data).
In 2014, an estimated 15,780 children and adolescents ages 0 to 19 were diagnosed with cancer and 1,960 died of the disease.
National expenditures for cancer care in the United States totaled nearly $125 billion in 2010 and could reach $156 billion in 2020.

Sauce

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This is a positive though,

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As the overall cancer death rate has declined, the number of cancer survivors has increased. These trends show that progress is being made against the disease, but much work remains. Although rates of smoking, a major cause of cancer, have declined, the U.S. population is aging, and cancer rates increase with age. Obesity, another risk factor for cancer, is also increasing.

So the death rate is declining because of modern advancements in medical technology but there has to be a reason why more people are getting cancer and why the rates are increasing.

Blank. · 09-27-2016, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

Here are some stats.

In 2016, an estimated 1,685,210 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States and 595,690 people will die from the disease.
The most common cancers in 2016 are projected to be breast cancer, lung and bronchus cancer, prostate cancer, colon and rectum cancer, bladder cancer, melanoma of the skin, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, thyroid cancer, kidney and renal pelvis cancer, leukemia, endometrial cancer, and pancreatic cancer.
The number of new cases of cancer (cancer incidence) is 454.8 per 100,000 men and women per year (based on 2008-2012 cases).
The number of cancer deaths (cancer mortality) is 171.2 per 100,000 men and women per year (based on 2008-2012 deaths).
Cancer mortality is higher among men than women (207.9 per 100,000 men and 145.4 per 100,000 women). It is highest in African American men (261.5 per 100,000) and lowest in Asian/Pacific Islander women (91.2 per 100,000). (Based on 2008-2012 deaths.)
The number of people living beyond a cancer diagnosis reached nearly 14.5 million in 2014 and is expected to rise to almost 19 million by 2024.
Approximately 39.6 percent of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point during their lifetimes (based on 2010-2012 data).
In 2014, an estimated 15,780 children and adolescents ages 0 to 19 were diagnosed with cancer and 1,960 died of the disease.
National expenditures for cancer care in the United States totaled nearly $125 billion in 2010 and could reach $156 billion in 2020.

Sauce

Edit:
This is a positive though,

So the death rate is declining because of modern advancements in medical technology but there has to be a reason why more people are getting cancer and why the rates are increasing.

Interesting. I wonder why it's so much more common in black people and Asians. Well, that data definitely says bye bye to the theory I had presented.

djchameleon · 09-27-2016, 01:00 AM

I feel like it's a genetic thing but also the fact that those minority groups are poor and aren't able to eat the right things from a nutritional stand point. They aren't all up in Whole Foods and Trader Joe's eating holistic and **** like that. They don't have the money for it. So they eat poorly also a large majority of the time they live in food deserts.

Blank. · 09-27-2016, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

I feel like it's a genetic thing but also the fact that those minority groups are poor and aren't able to eat the right things from a nutritional stand point. They aren't all up in Whole Foods and Trader Joe's eating holistic and **** like that. They don't have the money for it. So they eat poorly also a large majority of the time they live in food deserts.

Interesting. My mind went to sickle cell. But that in no way would explain the asians.

djchameleon · 09-27-2016, 01:16 AM

Speaking of sickle cell, I have it. Well the trait not the full thing. Yes, so part of it IS genetics but it's also what I said in my previous post.

Blank. · 09-27-2016, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

Speaking of sickle cell, I have it. Well the trait not the full thing. Yes, so part of it IS genetics but it's also what I said in my previous post.

Yeah. My niece is a carrier. And I get your point.

The Batlord · 09-27-2016, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

Speaking of sickle cell, I have it. Well the trait not the full thing. Yes, so part of it IS genetics but it's also what I said in my previous post.

Better marry a white girl.

DwnWthVwls · 09-27-2016, 03:39 AM

Velvet Ant stinger.. 4th most painful sting in the insect kingdom.

The Batlord · 09-27-2016, 03:58 AM