Congress finds incidence tripled among younger Americans
What the document says“esophageal cancer has tripled in incidence among younger Americans in recent decades”
The fifth of the section's eleven findings. It states that incidence among younger Americans has tripled in recent decades. The finding sets no age boundary for who counts as younger, and the eleventh finding separately lists an age of 50 years or older among the risk factors it recites.
What the document actually says“esophageal cancer has tripled in incidence among younger Americans in recent decades”
Congress says this cancer went up three times in younger people. That happened in recent decades.
The law does not say what age counts as young. It just says the rise hit that group.
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