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Re:iPhone 12 withdrawn from French market for non-compliance... by oblio on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @08:14AM (#37495681)
The age argument doesn't seem to be holding up since cancer rates are growing for younger people:

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/16/health/early-onset-cancer...

Better screening could be a factor.

Also, population growth doesn't matter for a *rate*.

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Re:iPhone 12 withdrawn from French market for non-compliance... by dwaite on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @09:19AM (#37496369)
> Also, population growth doesn't matter for a rate.

You cited cases, not a rate.

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Re:iPhone 12 withdrawn from French market for non-compliance... by oblio on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @09:31AM (#37496487)
Europe's population growth (and EU's, if you compare the sum of current member state populations) is basically flat since 1995.

Ergo the increase in cases means an increase in rate.

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Re:iPhone 12 withdrawn from French market for non-compliance... by sneak on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @10:30AM (#37497255)
If growth (ie the first derivative) is flat (which means a steady rate of increase) then an increase of cases does not mean an increase in rate.
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Re:iPhone 12 withdrawn from French market for non-compliance... by oblio on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @10:33AM (#37497293)
Thank you for the 10th grade math lesson, I've edited my previous comment.
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