The cancer statistics vary a great deal among men and women all over the world. The reasons are many, such as body mechanism, lifestyle, different genetic make up for both and some specific risk factors like age, diet, family history and others. Below are given tables showing figures from all parts of the world, on a scale of 0 to 100.
By Lung cancer:
The above figures are from 1986 to 1988. The source is WHO (World Health organization).
Conclusion: The table indicates that U.S is ranked at number 12 in cancer death in males and at number 4 in females. There is higher mortality among males than female in that country. As far as Iceland is concerned, the statistics are the same for both the genders. Like U.S, Belgium too has the highest rate in males as compared to all other areas of the world. Then comes Scotland, that has the second highest rate in males and highest of all in females.
Mexico, Central and South America are lucky enough to have this death rate almost zero or rare. In United States, there is a noticeable variation in mortality according to its geography. Males have highest death rate in Southern areas, whereas for the females, it is higher in west coast, Nevada, West Virginia, Kentucky, Maine, and Maryland.
These are figures of 1986 to 1988 by World health organization.
The table shows that breast cancer incidences and deaths are rare in Asia. While in Europe, it is higher than lung cancer, England and Wales has the highest rate of breast cancer deaths. Denmark, Scotland and Ireland come after that. United States comes at number 16 among all countries.
Note: The figures are for the year 2000. Source: OCD health data-2004
AS you can see, Netherlands has the highest death rate and United Kingdom has the lowest of all, but this is true of all cancer types not specific. In later case, the statistics are varied.
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| Country | Death rate | ||
| Among males | For females | ||
| Belgium Scotland Netherlands Czechoslovakia Hungary Luxembourg Poland USSR England and Wales Italy Hong Kong United States Canada Uruguay Singapore North Ireland Denmark Finland Germany Ireland Greece New Zealand Switzerland France Yugoslavia Austria Australia Malta Spain Bulgaria Cuba Argentina China Norway Japan Iceland Portugal Sweden Israel Chile Korea Republic Kuwait Puerto Rico Costa Rica Venezuela Panama Mexico Ecuador Thailand | 77.2 75.5 75.5 74.5 73.3 71.8 76.5 61 60.9 58.8 57.3 56.9 56.5 55.4 54.7 54.6 53.8 52.2 98.4 49.2 48.6 48.2 46.8 46.5 46.5 45.9 44.8 44.4 40.5 40.2 39.8 39.3 32.8 31 28.6 27.4 24.9 24 23.2 21.1 20.1 19.8 17.9 16.5 16.4 15.5 15.2 7.1 5.5 | 7.6 27.1 9.1 8.1 19.2 7.4 8.8 6.9 20.1 7.2 25 22.7 19.5 4.3 19.3 17.5 22.3 6.4 13.2 17.7 6.5 15.7 6.8 4.8 7.5 8.9 11.9 4.2 3.6 6.4 14.3 5.3 15.1 9.3 7.9 23.1 4 9.5 8 6.1 5 6.1 6.4 6 7.1 5 5.9 2.9 2 | |
The above figures are from 1986 to 1988. The source is WHO (World Health organization).
Conclusion: The table indicates that U.S is ranked at number 12 in cancer death in males and at number 4 in females. There is higher mortality among males than female in that country. As far as Iceland is concerned, the statistics are the same for both the genders. Like U.S, Belgium too has the highest rate in males as compared to all other areas of the world. Then comes Scotland, that has the second highest rate in males and highest of all in females.
Mexico, Central and South America are lucky enough to have this death rate almost zero or rare. In United States, there is a noticeable variation in mortality according to its geography. Males have highest death rate in Southern areas, whereas for the females, it is higher in west coast, Nevada, West Virginia, Kentucky, Maine, and Maryland.
For breast cancer:
| Country | Death rate |
| For females | |
| England and Wales Denmark Scotland Ireland North Ireland Belgium New Zealand Netherlands Malta Luxemburg Uruguay Switzerland Canada Germany, Fed Israel United States Austria Hungary Australia Italy Argentina Iceland Czechoslovakia France Norway Sweden Finland Germany, Dem Portugal Spain Cuba Greece Poland Yugoslavia Bulgaria Singapore Puerto Rico Costa Rica USSR Chile Kuwait Venezuela Hong Kong Panama Mexico Japan Ecuador China Korea Republic Thailand | 29.3 28.3 27.5 27 27 26.8 26.8 26.8 26.7 25.6 25.3 25.1 24.2 23.2 22.9 22.4 22.2 22.1 20.6 20.6 20.4 20.4 20.6 19.6 19.2 17.4 17.3 17.2 16.6 15.7 15.5 15.4 15.2 15.2 15.2 14.3 13.2 13 12.9 12.6 10.7 9.6 8.4 7.6 7.2 6 5.7 4.7 2.6 1 |
These are figures of 1986 to 1988 by World health organization.
The table shows that breast cancer incidences and deaths are rare in Asia. While in Europe, it is higher than lung cancer, England and Wales has the highest rate of breast cancer deaths. Denmark, Scotland and Ireland come after that. United States comes at number 16 among all countries.
For all cancers
| Ranking | Country | Death rate (per 100,000 patients) |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | Netherlands Italy Hungary Luxembourg Slovakia Ireland Czech Republic New Zealand United States Australia Norway France Austria Sweden Finland United Kingdom | 433 418 411 409.7 405.3 357.6 335.4 327.3 321.9 298.9 289.4 286.1 280 268.2 255.4 253.5 |
Note: The figures are for the year 2000. Source: OCD health data-2004
AS you can see, Netherlands has the highest death rate and United Kingdom has the lowest of all, but this is true of all cancer types not specific. In later case, the statistics are varied.
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