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Originally Posted by Hugh
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49877237
Let's scale that up -
In the UK, there are 37 million people aged between 18 and 59 (let's say these are most at risk), there would be
- a lifetime, there would be 259,000 fewer deaths from cancer
- 11 years, there would be 148,000 fewer deaths from heart disease
And if every week for 11 years, 37,000,000 people cut out three portions of:
- red meat, there would be 222,000 fewer cases of type 2 diabetes
- processed meat, there would be 444,000 fewer cases of type 2 diabetes
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Small datasets can't be extrapolated that way. Eg 7 in 1,000 could easily actually mean 4,000 in 1,000,000 or 10,000 in 1,000,000. If you throw a pair of dice 36 times, double 6 could appear more than once or not at all.