An early release of findings from an Australian study published in medRxiv this week showed the incidence of bowel cancer is up to three times higher among Australians born in the 1990s compared with the 1950s cohort.
Bowel cancer is now the leading cause of death in people aged 25 to 44 in Australia.
Its a relative measurement.
The bowel cancer rate has fallen in over 65s because of the increase in screening.
I don’t think your interpretation is correct. I think that comparison was of data for the two cohorts when they were the same age.