More people getting kidney failure in Singapore (www.straitstimes.com)
from ViXY_DBC@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 16 Mar 2024 23:38
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Soulfulginger@lemmy.world on 17 Mar 2024 01:24 collapse

For those who dont feel like reading the whole article, here’s why:

“Much of the increase in kidney failure is caused by an ageing population. When age is taken into account, the number of people with kidney failure as a proportion of the population has remained fairly stable over the past decade, according to data from the registry.”

xmunk@sh.itjust.works on 17 Mar 2024 01:52 collapse

Ah so it’s good news basically… people aren’t dying from other things first (in contrast America tends to murder you with stress and heart failure).

IllNess@infosec.pub on 17 Mar 2024 02:47 next collapse

Or if you’re a child in America, the number 1 cause of death is murder.

Soulfulginger@lemmy.world on 17 Mar 2024 13:46 collapse

The bad part is that their healthcare system still has to deal with the rising number of cases, but it’s not like there has been an unexpected spike from anything unusual