>One of its priorities has been nonsmoker lung cancer, a disease that disproportionately affects Asian populations.
It's a bit odd to describe 60% of the world's population as a single ethnic group. I'd like to see an breakdown by country. Do Indians( which itself can be separated into more sub groups) have higher rates than Eastern Russians, etc.
Then again, according to this article Asia just has higher rates of lung cancer. Excluding India for some reason.
Is this genetic ? Or is industrialization to blame? "Poor" counties in Africa appear to have much lower rates( although a cynical take says this might be due to shorter average life spans as lung cancer is largely something that effects the elderly). Maybe living in a poor country where people can't afford cars nets some health benefits.
It's a bit odd to describe 60% of the world's population as a single ethnic group. I'd like to see an breakdown by country. Do Indians( which itself can be separated into more sub groups) have higher rates than Eastern Russians, etc.
Then again, according to this article Asia just has higher rates of lung cancer. Excluding India for some reason.
https://www.cancer.org/research/acs-research-news/lung-cance...
Is this genetic ? Or is industrialization to blame? "Poor" counties in Africa appear to have much lower rates( although a cynical take says this might be due to shorter average life spans as lung cancer is largely something that effects the elderly). Maybe living in a poor country where people can't afford cars nets some health benefits.