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		tomschlick on Feb 16, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entre... Looks like the US has some of the highest rates across the board: http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/cancer-survival-r...

smnrchrds on Feb 16, 2020 [–]

I am not sure if 5-year survival rates are the best metric for this. Survival rate may be because of better outcomes or earlier detection. Is there any statistics that normalize for this?

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