[lbo-talk] putting quackery to the test

[Michael McIntyre]

I'm about 95% with Doug on this thread, but the trends in cancer  
incidence from 1975-2003 are more complex.  Age-adjusted incidence  
rates climbed from 1975-1992, and have decreased since.  Age-adjusted  
incidence rates are still higher today than they were in 1975.  See  
<http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2003/results_merged/ 
topic_annualrates.pdf>

We'd need much longer-term data to find out if there's a general  
correlation between cancer incidence and industrialization.  And of  
course attributing causation would be one big can o' worms.  Does  
anyone know the literature in this field (data-driven, not just  
conjecture or polemic)?

On Aug 8, 2006, at 3:47 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:


>
> According to this <http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2003/ 
> results_merged/topic_inc_mor_trends.pdf>, cancer mortality rates  
> have been declining among those 64 and under in the US.
>
> Doug
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Michael McIntyre
mcintyremichael at mac.com

http://morbidsymptoms.blogspot.com

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