Incorrect. You can have an increasing segment of the population in count but the percentage of that population of the whole of the population is decreasing.
I'd be curious how this number has changed over time. I'd suspect that (as a percentage of overall population) this number is the lowest it's ever been in human history. Still something to continue improving!
That's what the parent post was speaking about - for various reasons these percentages are increasing, especially among the younger people, and the expectation is that in a generation or two the situation would be quite different from the current one that you've described.
A complicating factor not addressed in that graph is the aging of the U.S. population. I don't have great numbers immediately available, but it looks like over that same period of 10 years the population over 65 has grown from about 40million to 50 million. Those people are still considered in that graph as not participating.
And it also matter how this number evolved over time, and how other places do (counting with the same criteria, which is very hard I admit).
I mean if 50% has a chronic illness but in the 1950's 45% had them, then only the 5% increase can be used as an argument, which then holds a lot less weight.
> First link has historic data, showing no reduction in the last three decades.
The movement (including within the LE community) mostly was one of concern without concrete action till the early 2000s, and the wave of new restrictive policies came in the 2000s.
Even ignoring that, the chart in the link you provides shows much less growth over it's 30 year period than would be expected if the practice remained equal in danger over a period where population increased by ~40%.
I don't have a ready source, but I thought somewhere there were numbers for 2010-2020 and it was a more significant change. Like there has been a significant change in attitudes over the last 10 years.
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