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India Is Ground Zero in Battling a Cancer That Kills a Woman Every 7 Minutes

5 pointsby haltingproblem12 months ago

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reify12 months ago
It is not ground zero!!!!!!<p>They made that up!<p>when you compare population size statistics those fact are BS.<p>In the UK there are 11,400 female deaths from breast cancer every year.<p>Deaths in the UK every 7 minutes = 6.571478582681103<p>Here are some dodgy maths:<p>525600&#x2F;11400 = 46 = 1 UK death every 46 minutes<p>Indian population: 1,441,450,800<p>UK population: 67,956,836<p>1441450800&#x2F;67956836 = 21.211270047946318<p>India has 21 times the population of the UK<p>minutes in a year: 525600<p>525600&#x2F;7 = 75,085 anual deaths in India<p>525600&#x2F;46 = 11426 annual deaths in the UK<p>multiply UK deaths 11426*7 minutes = 79,982<p>525600&#x2F;79982 = 6.571478582681103 deaths every 6.5 minutes in UK