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Other things:

Every year the massive baby boomer generation gets a little old and a little more infirm.

De-stigmatization of mental illness means more people seek treatment.

The population simply increases (obviously not 60% but the graphs are absolute numbers not per unit population).

We get better at diagnosing certain things.



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