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These findings lead me to further believe something I have long suspected...Since 1980, the Women of Canada have not abided by the rules of halfsies. Stop eating my skittles, ladies. :(

In all seriousness, why do you think there's a noticeable difference between Canadian men and women according to this data? I mean from the looks of it most, countries Mens numbers were higher.

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Or Canadian men were eating way more than their fair share of Skittles in 1980 -- their rates of diabetes are still higher than women's.

http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/health53a-eng.htm

I would guess that Canadian men have had problems with diabetes for a long time (>30yrs) and women are now starting to catch up. But I think you'd need more numbers than are in that map to get any real answers.

And as a sidenote, if you look at e.g., Africa, you can see women's rates are going up faster in many countries, and in fact globally:

"Across the world the rate of diabetes rose by 18% for men and by 23% for women"

I mean from a straightforward point of view you can understand the rise on a worldly basis just because of the progression of women's rights around the globe--but when you look at Canada what's changed since the late 70's to the point where women are taking in increased sugars?

A lot has changed Canada since the late 1970s, which is why I say you'd need more information than just that little map or even stats of the kind I got off statscan. You could probably come up with a half-dozen stories why that fit the map data, but that wouldn't mean they were right.

Oh and really great discussion tangent, mitcheme, it's funny (the skittle bits) but also really interesting stuff. Thanks a bunch.

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