Numbers- to take your breath away!
Please do take a moment to glance at these statistics.
Yes, most people skip over this page, boring numbers and graphs! I used to do the same!
Until I actually looked at the data.
It really opened up my eyes to the magnitude of the problem that is Breast Cancer!
I have added a short text explaining each image so it is easily understood.
Incidence of different Cancers affecting Women
Deaths due to different Cancers affecting women
Cancers affecting women (Blue) and Deaths due to cancer(Red)
In both cases, incidence of Breast cancer is much more than other cancers.
New
Cancer cases
in the world
in 2020
among women
of all ages.
Breast cancer at 24.5%
has the largest incidence among all the cancers affecting women.
Country-wise prevalence of Breast Cancer
China at 22.7% leads in the prevalence of all cancers in women
USA is second at 11.4%.
India is third with a much lesser incidence of 7.4 %
New
Cancer cases
in India
in 2018
Age related
The incidence of breast cancer is much more in the younger age group. Where earlier it was a disease primarily of the 50+ age group, it is now found increasingly in the younger age groups.
Comparison of New Cases 2018 to 2020.
A marked increase is noted
2018 27.7% 2020 38.2%
India Specific
In India the incidence of Breast cancer is found to be more in cities and less in rural areas.
Overall, 1 in 28 women is likely to develop Breast cancer during her lifetime, more in urban areas (1 in 22) as compared to rural areas (1 in 60)
The average age for breast cancer in India is almost a decade lower than that in the West.
The incidence rates in India begin to rise in the early thirties and peak at ages 50-64 years
Outlook
Patients with cancer have a poorer prognosis in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC’s) including India because
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presentation at advanced stages
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relatively low cancer awareness
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skewed distribution of cancer care facilities