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Okay that’s a very surprising number of MRIs… I’m in my early 40s and have had 1. Everyone I know well has had 1 or (more typically) none, including my parents
by fisherjeff 1y ago
Okay that’s a very surprising number of MRIs…
I’m in my early 40s and have had 1. Everyone I know well has had 1 or (more typically) none, including my parents and in-laws, so I figured ~2 lifetime MRIs would be in the right ballpark
- fisherjeff 1y agoWell apparently there are ~40m MRIs per year in the US, implying around 9-10 lifetime MRIs, which seems... pretty high? It's also wild that, at 85-90m CTs per year, apparently the average person is getting more than 20 lifetime CT scans.
- s1artibartfast 1y agoAnd the distribution is likely heavily skewed in one direction. For example, Medicare recommends and covers annual chest CT for smokers and ex-smokers.
- fisherjeff 1y agoOh for sure it’s skewed, and it doesn’t surprise me that there are people that will get 20+ CTs. Wild that that’s the average though - the skew must be massive.