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This is a list of countries by cancer rate, as measured variously by the number of new cancer cases (frequency), or death rate (mortality), per 100,000 population among countries, and dependencies. Rates of cancer
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]
In 2013, the incidence and mortality of cancer is highest in the north-eastern region of India. [24] In 2015, breast cancer was the most common, and stomach cancer was the leading cause of death by cancer. In 2015, breast cancer and lung cancer killed the most women and men respectively. [25]
Deaths from breast cancer in India (2 P) C. Deaths from colorectal cancer in India (4 P) K. Deaths from kidney cancer in India (2 P) L. ... Statistics; Cookie statement;
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In 2016, the WHO recorded 56.7 million deaths [3] with the leading cause of death as cardiovascular disease causing more than 17 million deaths (about 31% of the total) as shown in the chart to the side. In 2021, there were approx. 68 million deaths worldwide, as per WHO report.
India is facing a growing cancer epidemic, with a large increase in the number of women with breast cancer. [24] By the year 2020 nearly 70 percent of the world's cancer cases will come from developing countries , with a fifth of those cases coming from India.