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  2. Epidemiology of cancer - Wikipedia

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    Cancer can occur in children and adolescents, but it is uncommon, with about 150 cases per million in the U.S., with leukemia being the most common. [20] In the first year of life, the incidence is about 230 cases per million in the U.S., with the most common being neuroblastoma. [26] From 2004 to 2008, the US overall age-adjusted incidence of ...

  3. Health in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    There were 361,216 cancer diagnoses in 2014 in the United Kingdom. [19] Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK (around 56,000 women and 375 men are diagnosed with the disease every year). [20] Cancer Research UK estimates that 15% of UK cancers are caused by smoking, [21] and 3-4% of UK cancers are related to alcohol consumption. [22]

  4. Epidemiology of breast cancer - Wikipedia

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    Breast cancer incidence by age in women (UK) 2006-08 [21] Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK (around 56,000 women and 375 men are diagnosed with the disease every year). It is the fourth most common cause of cancer death (around 11,400 women and 85 men die each year) and the second most common cause of death in women. [22]

  5. List of countries by cancer rate - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries by cancer frequency, as measured by the number of new cancer cases per 100,000 population among countries, based on the 2018 GLOBOCAN statistics and including all cancer types (some earlier statistics excluded non-melanoma skin cancer).

  6. Cancer in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    There were 361,216 cancer diagnoses in 2014 in the United Kingdom. [6] Cancer Research UK publishes detailed statistics of the incidence of and mortality from cancer in the UK. [7] Cancer Research UK estimates that 15% of UK cancers are caused by smoking, [8] and 3-4% of UK cancers are related to alcohol consumption. [9]

  7. List of causes of death by rate - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    Percentage of population lost Years Location 2 1918 Flu: Influenza A/H1N1: 17–100 million 1–5.4% of global population [4] 1918–1920 Worldwide 2 Plague of Justinian: Bubonic plague 15–100 million 25–60% of European population [5] 541–549 North Africa, Europe, and Western Asia 3 HIV/AIDS pandemic: HIV/AIDS: 44 million (as of 2025) [a]

  9. History of cancer - Wikipedia

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    His contemporary Nicolaes Tulp believed that cancer was a poison that slowly spreads, and concluded that it was contagious. [6] In the 1600s, cancer was vulgarly called "the wolf[e]". [7] The first cause of cancer was identified by British surgeon Percivall Pott, who discovered in 1775 that cancer of the scrotum was a common disease among ...