The Claim

From 1990 to 2021, high-socio-demographic index regions experienced a 56.4% reduction in age-standardized mortality rate and a 60.8% reduction in age-standardized disability-adjusted life years rate for gastric cancer attributed to high salt intake, while low-socio-demographic index regions experienced only 29.4% and 34.6% reductions, indicating significant disparities.

Source: Global burden of gastric cancer attributed to high-salt diets: spatiotemporal trends and socio-demographic inequalities from 1990 to 2021

What the research says

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In plain English

Areas with higher wealth and development saw much bigger drops in salt-related stomach cancer deaths and health problems from 1990 to 2021 than poorer areas, showing a big gap between rich and poor regions.

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High-socio-demographic index regions experienced a 56.4% reduction in age-standardized mortality rate and a 60.8% reduction in age-standardized disability-adjusted life years rate for gastric cancer attributed to high salt intake from 1990 to 2021, compared to only 29.4% and 34.6% reductions in low-SDI regions, highlighting significant disparities.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Global burden of gastric cancer attributed to high-salt diets: spatiotemporal trends and socio-demographic inequalities from 1990 to 2021

    The study looked at how salt intake affects stomach cancer deaths and health impacts worldwide, and it found that richer areas had bigger improvements than poorer areas, just like the claim says.

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