Press Release: 1 in 4 deaths caused by cancer in the EU28

In the EU28 in 2011, cancer was the cause of death for 1.281 million persons, responsible for more than a quarter of all deaths (26.3%).

Over the past ten years, while the total number of deaths slightly decreased (-0.5%), the number of deaths due to cancer increased by 6.3% (from 1.206 million in 2002 to 1.281 million in 2011), at a slightly higher pace for females (+6.6%) than for males (+6.0%).

However, the number of deaths due to cancer remained higher in 2011 among the male population (718 000 deaths due to cancer) than among the female population (563 000).

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Cancer http://www.europeansources.info/record/cancer/

EurActiv, 26.11.14: Eurostat: Cancer mortality rate in the EU increases http://www.euractiv.com/sections/health-consumers/eurostat-cancer-mortality-rate-eu-increases-310319

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