According to the American Cancer Society’s Global Cancer Facts and Figures, there were an estimated 7.5 million people who died from cancer in 2007. How many people die from cancer each year is a statistic that can give you an idea the impact cancer has on humanity worldwide. It also allows us to determine if cancer is rising and at what rate it is rising. The figure below breaks down the numbers across the globe:
A Latest Table of How Many People Die from Cancer Each Year (2007)*:
| Cases | Death | |||||
| Male | Female | Overall | Male | Female | Overall | |
| Eastern Africa | 138,879 | 151,173 | 290,052 | 112,949 | 116,105 | 229,054 |
| Middle Africa | 44,022 | 43,737 | 87,759 | 36,921 | 35,300 | 72,221 |
| Northern Africa | 71,569 | 70,500 | 142,069 | 58,940 | 53,261 | 112,201 |
| Southern Africa |
39,074 | 39,011 | 78,085 | 29,018 | 25,226 | 54,244 |
| Western Africa | 73,059 | 93,235 | 166,294 | 58,046 | 69,992 | 128,038 |
| Eastern Asia | 2,003,760 | 1,309,862 | 3,313,622 | 1,479,263 | 847,252 | 2,326,515 |
| South-Central Asia | 687,977 | 763,746 | 1,451,723 | 499,186 | 475,437 | 974,623 |
| South-Eastern Asia | 299,109 | 319,714 | 618,823 | 232,325 | 198,323 | 430,648 |
| Western Asia | 116,706 | 109,182 | 225,888 | 82,701 | 62,843 | 145,544 |
| Caribbean | 37,840 | 35,695 | 73,535 | 26,513 | 21,693 | 48,206 |
| Central America | 83,348 | 101,458 | 184,806 | 53,010 | 58,213 | 111,223 |
| North America | 934,509 | 810,866 | 1,745,375 | 370,052 | 329,978 | 700,030 |
| South America | 357,374 | 375,708 | 733,082 | 215,808 | 201,334 | 417,142 |
| Eastern Europe | 485,390 | 454,120 | 939,510 | 375,331 | 288,130 | 663,461 |
| Northern Europe | 227,867 | 220,844 | 448,711 | 134,983 | 118,724 | 253,707 |
| Southern Europe | 383,958 | 291,006 | 674,964 | 229,937 | 152,970 | 382,907 |
| Western Europe | 521,567 | 428,913 | 950,480 | 295,197 | 226,106 | 521,303 |
| Australia/New Zealand | 64,068 | 53,657 | 117,725 | 28,458 | 22,126 | 50,584 |
| Melanesia |
3,425 | 4,242 | 7,667 | 2,439 | 2,604 | 5,043 |
| Micronesia | 319 | 353 | 672 | 239 | 213 | 452 |
| Polynesia | 455 | 460 | 915 | 337 | 278 | 615 |
*Excludes nonmelanoma skin cancer. Estimates were produced by applying age-specific cancer rates of a defined geographic region from GLOBOCAN 2002 to the corresponding age-specific
population for the year 2007 from the United Nations (UN) population projections (2004 revision). Therefore, estimates for world areas do not sum to worldwide estimates.
For more information on how many people die from cancer each year. Download this file. You can also go to the American Cancer Society to get information on past years.
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This post was written by admin on January 2, 2009
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