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Re:Cancer under age 50 increased 80% from 1990 to 2019 by Wolfenstein98k on Saturday March 23, 2024 @09:24PM (#39804353)
If your claim is as it appears - "this study may not have adjusted for population growth" - you could just click the link and check, rather than spread doubt and uncertainty.

As it stands, the population has not grown 80% in the timespan given so even if they didn't control for population - which would be the most elementary mistake ever and no one would get published having made it - it still doesn't account for the effect size.

Reflexive scepticism, without any effort to verify, isn't any more useful than reflexive belief.

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Re:Cancer under age 50 increased 80% from 1990 to 2019 by friend_and_foe on Sunday March 24, 2024 @12:01AM (#39805079)
Interestingly, if you do click the article, you'll find that they did not control for population. The 80% figure is in absolute nominal terms. It's more than the most elementary mistake, it's downright deceptive.
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