Rate of people dying from cancer in the EU is declining
New figures published estimate that there will be nearly 1.3 million deaths from cancer in 2012 in the European Union (EU) – 717,398 men and 565,703 women. Although the actual numbers have increased, the rate (age-standardised per 100,000 population) of people who die from the disease continues to decline.
Writing in the cancer journal Annals of Oncology, a group of researchers from Italy and Switzerland estimate that the overall cancer death rates will be 139 per 100,000 men and 85 per 100,000 women in 2012. Compared with confirmed deaths in 2007 (the year for which there are World Health Organization mortality data for most EU countries), this represents a fall of 10% in men and 7% in women.
This is the second year they have predicted EU cancer deaths; last year they predicted deaths for 2011. “Estimating current cancer mortality figures is important for defining priorities for prevention and treatment,” the authors say in their report.
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Reference
- Malvezzi, M., Bertuccio, P., et al. (2012). European cancer mortality predictions for the year 2012 Annals of Oncology DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mds024
Keywords: cancer death rates, European Union, estimates
29. 2. 2012 ecancer.org
