I am astonished that “accidental poisoning” is higher than car crashes in 25–44.
eureka@aussie.zone 5 days ago
Bowel cancer is now the leading cause of death in people aged 25 to 44 in Australia.
This is surprising. It wasn’t even in the top 5 a couple of years ago, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (gov).
Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 days ago
SituationCake@aussie.zone 4 days ago
Maybe it’s overdose from drugs?
eureka@aussie.zone 4 days ago
And I’m also surprised it was higher for 25-44 than 25-24, although it could simply be that vehicle accidents knocked it down a spot.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 days ago
Yeah I don’t have much of an intuition of how accidental poisoning would change between those ages, but 17–25 is famously the most dangerous age on the road, so I wasn’t surprised to see it higher.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 5 days ago
Thanks, I was finding it pretty astounding as well, so it’d make sense if it was the misinterpretation you’ve described. Maybe send the Guardian a message noting it so they can check?