Re: WTO Re: Off subject? (fwd)

Roberto Verzola (rverzola@phil.gn.apc.org)
17 Dec 99 05:56:57

>Everybody please note--this man says , too, that cancer is now half the
>population== 1 in 2, he says. When I said that here, without data to
>prove it, I got a slap, but Dr. Nigh did have the info.

I have seen this statistic not only on lists, but also in some printed
articles, that the probability an American will develop cancer within
her/his lifetime is now 1 in 2. But I have not seen so far an
authoritative source cited. I imagine there's one, we've just got to
search for it.

Let's be careful though: 1 in 2 refers to a life-time probability. It
does not mean that 1 in 2 Americans today have cancer, (but will
develop cancer within his/her lifetime).

-- Roberto Verzola

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