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JVS

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5. Cancer and heart disease deaths are the halmarks of a developing country succeeding.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu May 31, 2012, 08:44 PM

May 2012

It's perverse in a way, but these sicknesses are more prevalent in countries that are well off enough that more acute diseases don't kill the population at younger ages.

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Cancer and heart disease deaths are the halmarks of a developing country succeeding. JVS May 2012 #5

The main reason being that the population as a whole is aging and diagnosis reaching more people. HiPointDem May 2012 #6