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Re:The U.S. Just Lost 26 Years' Worth of Progress on Life Ex... by heartbreak on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @09:15AM (#33246618)
Hasn’t heart disease been the top cause of death for years?
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Re:The U.S. Just Lost 26 Years' Worth of Progress on Life Ex... by steve_adams_86 on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @09:36AM (#33246898)
Yes, heart disease and stroke have been way up there for decades. Type 2 diabetes, also diet-driven, is a close follower. Cancer may have been behind these two but it as well has many diet-driven types, but I’m not sure how much those comprise overall rates of cancer.
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Re:The U.S. Just Lost 26 Years' Worth of Progress on Life Ex... by Loughla on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @09:42AM (#33246990)
Since the 1920's it's been way up there on the list.

But just ignore that. This is about Covid, it must be. /s

It's almost like there can't be only one factor in anything to do with a list containing as many variables as one full of people who died from heart disease.

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Re:The U.S. Just Lost 26 Years' Worth of Progress on Life Ex... by Gareth321 on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @10:26AM (#33247701)
Yes, but the study is exploring the sudden change.
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