Cancer Facts|Cancer Information.
I have here cancer statistics of 2008 and my guess is that the cancer statistics of 2011 will be worse. This I say from the fact that the human race is today more exposed to the cancer causes or environmental factors predisposing to cancer, such as air pollution, contamination of water by chemicals, increased incidence of smoking, ageing factors, etc. This, I speak for the whole world and not just of the developed nations.
Statistics of Cancer|Incidence of Cancer.
Cancer statistics forms an important part of cancer research and a compelling reason to take research to the next level. Cancer stats also give an idea to the medical fraternity of the need to improve the controlling factors of the disease.
1) Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide. In 2008, 12.7 million cases were detected and out of them more than 50%, 7.6 million died of cancer.
2) 13% of deaths are attributed to all types of cancer and in order of the most common to least common in men and women are mentioned below.
- Lung cancer.
- Stomach cancer.
- Colorectal cancer.
- Liver cancer.
- Breast cancer.
Chart of cancer statistics.
3) Cancer is the leading cause of death in the developed world and the second most cause of death in the developing world.
4) In children, the three most common types of cancer in order of occurrence are:
- Leukemia or blood cancer which account for 34% between different types of cancer.
- Brain tumors which account for 23%, and
- Lymphomas which account for 12%.
5) 33 % of the people of developed countries contract cancer once in a lifetime.
6) 10% of the people who have been cured of cancer will get cancer again a second time. This is probably due to the fact of hereditary predisposition or lifestyle habits such alcohol, smoking, obesity, environmental factors and probably due to exposure to radiation during the treatment of the first cancer.
7) About 30% of cancer deaths can be prevented by change of lifestyle habits such as stopping smoking, not being obese, taking to physical activity, controlling alcohol intake and eating vegetables and fruits..
Stats of 2007 show that about 72 % of cancer deaths occurred in developing and underdeveloped countries.
9) Incidence of cancer is rising and by 2030, it is estimated that deaths due to cancer will be 12 million. (from 7.6 million in 2008.)
10) In the U.S. 1500 deaths occur everyday due to cancer. 1 of 4 deaths in the U.S. is due to cancer.
11) In cancer statistics for men, forms of cancer from the most common downwards are mentioned below:
- Lung.
- Stomach.
- Liver.
- Colorectal.
- Esophagus.
- Prostrate.
12) In cancer statistics for women, forms of cancer from the most common downwards are mentioned below.
- Breast cancer is the most common.
- Lung.
- Stomach.
- Colorectal.
- Cervical cancer.
Cancer Statistics of Cancer Survivors. (U.S.)
According to a report released by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute, the following statistics of cancer survivors is encouraging.
1. In 1971, there were 3 million cancer survivors.
2. In 2001, there were 9.8 million survivors.
3. In 2007, there were 11.7 million survivors.
- Of these 11.7 million, 7 million were 65 years or older.
- Women formed 54% of this figure.
- Breast cancer survivors formed the largest group of these ( 22%), followed by prostate cancer (19%) followed by survivors of colorectal cancer (10%).
- Of these 11.7 million cancer survivors, 4.7 million survivors were diagnosed 10 years or earlier.
As mentioned above cancer statistics do form an important and integral part of cancer research. Discouraging figures help to make cancer research more active and bring out the need to further educate the people of the needs of early diagnosis or better still, preventive medicine. Cancer information about the incidence of cancer plays a vital role in the strategy of cancer research which will help to bring down cancer mortality rate.
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