The #1 predictor of cancer is age. The older you get, the greater your risk of cancer. And since boomers likely died off from other shit more often, it makes sense that Gen X would be the next likely crew to showcase higher incidence.
As millennials age, there will probably be a higher incidence than Gen X.
Also, medicine is often biased against women, which makes sense for the higher incidence in that group.
Does the age thing make sense with this study though? I only looked at the charts, but it seems that the data point is always on 60 year olds. Wouldn’t that mean it’s presenting earlier in each generation?
Or maybe just that we are all aging faster, which I definitely feel in my bones.
Boomers dying of other things could just mean they’re a smaller demo in general. And also, you can’t get cancer when you’re dead. So if you live long enough, and stuff gets cured, your cancer rate goes up. That makes more sense for Gen X. Millennials will likely have an even higher rate of cancer in the same kind of time frame.
Remember back in COVID pandemic days, when people who got vaccinated were getting COVID more than those who didn’t get the vaccines? Smaller demo, with more dead. Same kinda thing.