CANCER FREQUENCY BY COUNTRY Age-standardized rate for all cancers (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) and total cost of treatment

CANCER FREQUENCY BY COUNTRY

Age-standardized rate for all cancers (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) and total cost of treatment for the United States

(WORLD CANCER RESEARCH FUND INTERNATIONAL)

Stes de Necker

Data for cancer frequency by country.

There were an estimated 14.1 million cancer cases around the world in 2012, according to the World Cancer Research Fund International.

The for men and women combined was 182 per 100,000 in 2012.

The rate was higher for men (205 per 100,000) than women (165 per 100,000).

Of those cases, the United States had the sixth highest number of new diagnoses, with 318 cases per 100,000 people.

Both sexes

The highest cancer rate for men and women together was found in Denmark with 338 people per 100,000 being diagnosed in 2012.

The age-standardised rate was at least 300 per 100,000 for nine countries (Denmark, France, Australia, Belgium, Norway, United States of America, Ireland, Republic of Korea and The Netherlands).

The countries in the top ten come from Europe, Oceania, Northern America and Asia.

Rank	Country	Age-Standardised Rate per 100,000 (World)
1	Denmark	338.1
2	France (metropolitan)	324.6
3	Australia	323.0
4	Belgium	321.1
5	Norway	318.3
6	United States of America	318.0
7	Ireland	307.9
8	Korea, Republic of	307.8
9	The Netherlands	304.8
10	New Caledonia	297.9
11	Slovenia	296.3
12	Canada	295.7
13	New Zealand	295.0
14	Czech Republic	293.8
15	Switzerland	287.0
16	Hungary	285.4
17	Iceland	284.3
18	Germany	283.8
19	Israel	283.2
20	Luxembourg	280.3
21	Italy	278.6
22	Slovakia	276.9
23	United Kingdom	272.9
24	Sweden	270.0
25	Serbia	269.7
26	Croatia	266.9
27	Barbados	263.1
28	Armenia	257.0
29	Finland	256.8
30	French Polynesia	255.0
31	Austria	254.1
32	Lithuania	251.9
33	Uruguay	251.0
34	Spain	249.0
35	Latvia	246.8
36	Portugal	246.2
37	France, Martinique	245.0
38	Malta	242.9
39	Estonia	242.8
40	FYR Macedonia	239.3
41	Montenegro	238.3
42	Kazakhstan	236.5
43	Bulgaria	234.8
44	Poland	229.6
45	Romania	224.2
46	Belarus	218.7
47	Cuba	218.0
48	Japan	217.1
49	Argentina	216.7
50	Puerto Rico	211.1

Source: Ferlay J, Soerjomataram I, Ervik M, Dikshit R, Eser S, Mathers C, Rebelo M, Parkin DM, Forman D, Bray, F.
GLOBOCAN 2012 v1.1, Cancer Incidence and Mortality Worldwide: IARC CancerBase No. 11 [Internet]. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2014. Available from: http://globocan.iarc.fr, accessed on 16/01/2015.

Men

The highest cancer rate was found in France with 385 men per 100,000 being diagnosed in 2012.

The age-standardised rate was at least 350 per 100,000 in eight countries (France, Australia, Norway, Belgium, Martinque, Slovenia, Hungary and Denmark).

The countries in the top ten come from Europe, Oceania and the Americas.

Rank	Country	Age-Standardised Rate per 100,000 (World)
1	France (metropolitan)	385.3
2	Australia	373.9
3	Norway	368.7
4	Belgium	364.8
5	France, Martinique	358.4
6	Slovenia	358.2
7	Hungary	356.1
8	Denmark	354.3
9	United States of America	347.0
10	Czech Republic	345.9
11	Ireland	343.3
12	Korea, Republic of	340.0
13	Slovakia	338.2
14	Switzerland	337.9
15	New Caledonia	330.7
16	The Netherlands	327.8
17	Latvia	325.0
18	Germany	323.7
19	Estonia	321.9
20	Canada	320.8
21	New Zealand	320.1
22	Croatia	319.9
23	Israel	318.0
24	Italy	312.9
25	Spain	312.8
26	Lithuania	311.8
27	Luxembourg	309.1
28	Portugal	306.3
29	Armenia	305.6
30	Iceland	299.5
31	Serbia	299.2
32	Uruguay	297.5
33	Sweden	296.8
34	Austria	295.2
35	Finland	290.1
36	French Polynesia	287.4
37	United Kingdom	284.0
38	Kazakhstan	282.2
39	Barbados	277.2
40	Belarus	275.5
41	Trinidad and Tobago	273.5
42	Romania	271.0
43	Poland	269.2
44	Malta	267.7
45	FYR Macedonia	265.5
46	Montenegro	262.7
47	France, Guadeloupe	260.9
48	Bulgaria	260.5
49	Japan	260.4
50	Turkey	257.8

Source: Ferlay J, Soerjomataram I, Ervik M, Dikshit R, Eser S, Mathers C, Rebelo M, Parkin DM, Forman D, Bray, F.
GLOBOCAN 2012 v1.1, Cancer Incidence and Mortality Worldwide: IARC CancerBase No. 11 [Internet]. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2014. Available from: http://globocan.iarc.fr, accessed on 16/01/2015.

Women

The highest cancer rate was found in Denmark with 329 women per 100,000 being diagnosed in 2012.

The age-standardised rate was at least 280 per 100,000 for Denmark, United States of America, Republic of Korea, The Netherlands and Belgium.

The countries in the top ten come from Europe, Oceania, Asia and Northern America.

Rank	Country	Age-Standardised Rate per 100,000 (World)
1	Denmark	328.8
2	United States of America	297.4
3	Korea, Republic of	293.6
4	The Netherlands	289.6
5	Belgium	288.9
6	Ireland	278.9
7	Australia	278.6
8	Canada	277.4
9	Norway	277.1
10	France (metropolitan)	267.7
11	New Zealand	274.3
12	Iceland	274.2
13	New Caledonia	269.3
14	United Kingdom	267.3
15	Luxembourg	259.6
16	Czech Republic	258.9
17	Israel	258.7
18	Barbados	258.1
19	Italy	255.2
20	Germany	252.5
21	Slovenia	251.5
22	Sweden	248.7
23	Serbia	247.6
24	Switzerland	245.9
25	Slovakia	238.0
26	Hungary	236.5
27	Finland	234.2
28	Croatia	231.6
29	Malta	228.9
30	French Polynesia	227.3
31	Armenia	226.4
32	Lithuania	224.0
33	Bahamas	223.4
34	Austria	222.7
35	Uruguay	220.9
36	FYR Macedonia	220.8
37	Bulgaria	220.1
38	Montenegro	219.7
39	Kazakhstan	216.7
40	Argentina	211.8
41	Zimbabwe	209.1
42	Latvia	206.5
43	Poland	205.6
44	Estonia	202.7
45	Singapore	198.7
46	Cyprus	198.2
47	Spain	198.1
48	Portugal	198.1
49	Kenya	196.6
50	Mauritius	193.9

Source: Ferlay J, Soerjomataram I, Ervik M, Dikshit R, Eser S, Mathers C, Rebelo M, Parkin DM, Forman D, Bray, F.
GLOBOCAN 2012 v1.1, Cancer Incidence and Mortality Worldwide: IARC CancerBase No. 11 [Internet]. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2014. Available from: http://globocan.iarc.fr, accessed on 16/01/2015.

Cost of treatment

In 2012, the reported spending on cancer treatment in the US was 124.6 billion dollars.

Assuming constant incidence, survival, and cost, the NCI (National Cancer Institute) projects 13.8 and 18.1 million cancer survivors in 2010 and 2020, respectively, with associated costs of cancer care of 124.57 and 157.77 billion 2010 US dollars.

This 27% increase in medical costs reflects US population changes only. The largest increases were in the continuing phase of care for prostate cancer (42%) and female breast cancer (32%). Projections of current trends in incidence (declining) and survival (increasing) had small effects on 2020 estimates.

However, if costs of care increase annually by 2% in the initial and last year of life phases of care, the total cost in 2020 is projected to be $173 billion, which represents a 39% increase from 2010.

Terrifyingly, almost one in two people will get the dreaded disease, and the numbers are only getting worse.  Here are some quick stats for background:

1. Nearly half of all Americans will develop cancer in their lifetime. Quick math tells us that is an astonishing 157 million victims.

2. Over half a million people in America died of cancer in 2012.

3. In 2011, cancer was the number 1 cause of death in the Western world, and number 2 in developing countries.

4. Cancer is the number 1 cause of childhood death in the United States.