jake5270's blog post - Semi facts.

Monday, January 25, 2016, 1:17:21 AM

I delivered a blog two weeks ago, where I discussed how some things have changed since I was a lad growing up in the Midwest. A couple of people took offense (which is their right) at what I had to write, even doubting what I was talking about.

Well, today I spent a while looking things up: Suicide rates are up over 50% since I was a child here in the U.S.A, obesity rates have nearly tripled to where almost 30 percent of children and over 30 percent of adults are now obese as well. Skin cancer rates are up, if only by an average of 1.9%... mostly in the Pacific Northwest.

Anyone can find these things out... simply type whatever you're looking for in your search engine. Most people won't, I just happen to be one of those people who want to have the facts there for me to read.

If you don't believe me, that's okay. I left out the sources and boring charts for you to do it for yourself.

The question is: ARE you curious?

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Comments

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RoxanneS on 25-Jan-16 4:56:43

I'm quite curious, hence my reply on your initial blog. Where is he getting his information? I wondered. So many blanket statements yet no facts or statistics to back him up. Yet another person's opinion expressed as a truth.

Statistics don't tell the whole story. The annual rise in skin cancer is meaningless without context and more information. Which type? For what time period?

For anyone curious about skin cancer, the skin cancer foundation has a page of facts:
http://www.skincancer.org/skin-cancer-information/skin-cancer-facts

I found these particular ones more sobering than the isolated annual increase rate:

-Of the seven most common cancers in the US, melanoma is the only one whose incidence is increasing. Between 2000 and 2009, incidence climbed 1.9 percent annually.

-1 in 50 men and women will be diagnosed with melanoma of the skin during their lifetime.

-Melanoma is the most common form of cancer for young adults 25-29 years old and the second most common form of cancer for young people 15-29 years old.

The most important thing to know about sun exposure is your personal risk of skin cancer. For some people, the risk means total avoidance. Do not take offense if your ideal of moderate sun exposure is reproached.

jake5270 on 25-Jan-16 19:15:06

I see in your rather lengthy comment that you have a obsession with skin cancer, Rox. Do you know someone, or have you been a victim of this horrific cancer?

RoxanneS on 25-Jan-16 19:52:31

Ha. My reply was rather lengthy, wasn't it. Not an obsession, just too easy to copy and paste some facts to counter an empty claim.