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To: dangerdoc
Well, we don't usually give colonoscopies to newborns so lifetime risk may not be the best statistic.

According to the CDC, a man 60 (~my age) has a 1.32% risk of developing in the next ten years, 3.08% in 20, 4.39% in 30, if I live that long.

If I live to 90 (my mother is 97 and just starting to fade), I'll save a .44 round for that exigency.

81 posted on 07/02/2014 5:53:56 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: steve86

I respect your decision but you are changing the goal posts.

The incidence rate using your stat is 1320/100,000 over the next 10 years changing the benefit to risk ratio greatly.


82 posted on 07/02/2014 6:24:31 PM PDT by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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