Comment on Australia’s bowel cancer rates are world’s highest for under-50s. Scientists wonder if the gut microbiome is to blame

• SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Maybe it’s overdose from drugs?

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• eureka@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨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.

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  • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨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.

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