Search results
Explore national incidence, mortality, and prevalence for 36 cancer types in 185 countries. Cancer Over Time Predict the future cancer incidence and mortality burden worldwide up until 2040.
4 kwi 2024 · With almost 2.5 million new cases and over 1.8 million deaths worldwide, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer morbidity and mortality in 2022, responsible for close to one in eight (12.4%) cancers diagnosed globally and one in five (18.7%) cancer deaths (Table 1, Figure 3). The disease ranks first among men and second among women for both ...
20 maj 2024 · Death rate from cancer. The estimated number of age-standardized deaths from total cancers, per 100,000 people. Source. IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Last updated. May 20, 2024. Next expected update. May 2028. Date range. 1980–2021. Unit. deaths per 100,000 people. Chart 1 of 2.
As of 2021, around 15% of all deaths were cancer deaths, making it one of the most common causes of death globally. Cancers are a group of diseases in which abnormal cells multiply rapidly and can grow into tumors.
3 lut 2022 · The most common causes of cancer death in 2020 were: lung (1.80 million deaths); colon and rectum (916 000 deaths); liver (830 000 deaths); stomach (769 000 deaths); and; breast (685 000 deaths). Each year, approximately 400 000 children develop cancer. The most common cancers vary between countries. Cervical cancer is the most common in 23 ...
19 cze 2024 · Many patients with cancer experience reduced life expectancy and have metastatic disease at the time of death. However, the more precise causes of mortality and patient deterioration before...
4 kwi 2024 · There were almost 20 million new cases of cancer and close to 10 million deaths from cancer in 2022. Demographics‐based predictions indicated that the annual number of new cases of cancer will reach 35 million by 2050, that is, a 77% increase from the number in 2022.