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Re:NY Times Rides in Waymo Robotaxis in SF by Retric on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @09:48AM (#37222667)
No both the absolute and rate of of cancers has increased. Even if you ignore environmental factors older people get more cancer and we have more older people today. Age adjusted cancer rates for some kinds of cancers have dropped because fewer people smoke etc, but it’s not universal across all cancers.

We do also detect more cancers early, but that also makes cancer treatment look better. Aka 5 year survival rates look better when you start the clock sooner.

Re:NY Times Rides in Waymo Robotaxis in SF by pb7 on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @09:50AM (#37222708)
You touch upon it in your comment and giving it zero weight for some reason: you can’t develop most types of cancer if you die at 30 (extreme example).
Re:NY Times Rides in Waymo Robotaxis in SF by Retric on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @09:56AM (#37222784)
Because it’s irrelevant when the global age adjusted cancer rates are increasing overall.

An increasing number of people under 30 are developing cancer. America is only 4% of global population, if you want a better picture look at China and India which have both skyrocketed pollution levels recently.