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Global cancer incidence in males and females (2022) [1] Country Male Female Including NMSC Excluding NMSC Including NMSC Excluding NMSC Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Australia: 116,363 514.3 80,960 344.4 95,969 415.2 70,569 303.8 New Zealand: 20,562 473.4 14,766 325.4 17,595 386.3 12,785 277.3 United States: 1,283,898 401.7 ...
For example, various Global Burden of Disease Studies investigate such factors and quantify recent developments – one such systematic analysis analyzed the (non)progress on cancer and its causes during the 2010–19-decade, indicating that 2019, ~44% of all cancer deaths – or ~4.5 M deaths or ~105 million lost disability-adjusted life years ...
The new global statistics come just days after the American Cancer Society (ACS) released its 2024 cancer forecast earlier this month. The organization anticipates new cancer diagnoses to surpass ...
Earlier this year, a report by the American Cancer Society found that population growth and aging are key drivers of the size of the world’s cancer burden, with the global population of about 8 ...
In males, researchers suggest that the overall reduction in cancer death rates is due in large part to a reduction in tobacco use over the last half century, estimating that the reduction in lung cancer caused by tobacco smoking accounts for about 40% of the overall reduction in cancer death rates in men and is responsible for preventing at least 146,000 lung cancer deaths in men during the ...
Global Health Statistics: A Compendium of Incidence, Prevalence and Mortality Estimates for Over 200 Conditions (GBD 1990 volume 2) 1990: 1996: Harvard School of Public Health [49] Global Burden of Disease: A comprehensive assessment of mortality and disability from diseases, injuries, and risk factors in 1990 and projected to 2020 (GBD 1990 ...
Our World in Data (OWID) is a scientific online publication that focuses on large global problems such as poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality. It is a project of the Global Change Data Lab, a registered charity in England and Wales, [3] and was founded by Max Roser, a social historian and development ...
Worldwide, breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in women. [note 1] Breast cancer comprises 22.9% of invasive cancers in women [2] and 16% of all female cancers. [3] In 2008, breast cancer caused 458,503 deaths worldwide, which is 13.7% of cancer deaths in women and 6.0% of all cancer deaths for men and women together. [2]