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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).
According to latest statistics, Pakistan spends 2.95% of its GDP on health (2020). [5] Pakistan per capita income (PPP current international $,) is 6.437.2 in 2022 [6] and the current health expenditure per capita (current US$) is 38.18. [7] The total adult literacy rate in Pakistan is 58% (2019) [7] and primary school enrollment is 68%(2018). [7]
The five-year survival rates in England and the United States are between 80 and 90%. [16] [4] [5] In developing countries, five-year survival rates are lower. [2] Worldwide, breast cancer is the leading type of cancer in women, accounting for 25% of all cases. [17] In 2018, it resulted in two million new cases and 627,000 deaths. [18]
The United States has the highest annual incidence rates of breast cancer in the world; 128.6 per 100,000 in whites and 112.6 per 100,000 among African Americans. [10] [13] It is the second-most common cancer (after skin cancer) and the second-most common cause of cancer death (after lung cancer) in women. [10]
Four in 10 cancer cases and about half of cancer deaths among U.S. adults 30 years old and older in 2019 were linked to “modifiable” risk factors like smoking, drinking, poor diet and not ...
In the United States during 2013–2017, the age-adjusted mortality rate for all types of cancer was 189.5/100,000 for males, and 135.7/100,000 for females. [1] Below is an incomplete list of age-adjusted mortality rates for different types of cancer in the United States from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program.
The genetic findings show that BRCA mutation (BRCA1 and BRCA2) mutations account for a substantial proportion of hereditary breast/ovarian cancer and early-onset breast and ovarian cancer cases in Pakistan. [32] Breast cancer is the most common cancer in Pakistan as different studies show it kills nearly 40,000 women every year. [33]
An opportunity to improve screening rates. Early detection is the key to preventing cervical cancer deaths. Yet, data spanning June 2016 to May 2019 published in the American Journal of Preventive ...