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Some miscellaneous information from the 2006 Cancer Atlas, produced by the American Cancer Society, United States Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, World Health Organization, and International Union Against Cancer: • Only 19% of the world's
population lives in developed countries, and 46%
of new cancers occur there.
• Breast cancer is a disease
of affluent countries, but it is not rare anywhere,
whereas cervical cancer is largely a disease of the
poor south.
• There are high rates
of cancer of the esophagus in East Africa and Asia,
including China and Central Asia, but testicular
cancer is rare in African and Asian men.
• Cancer is the second
most common cause of death of children in developed
countries (after accidents). • Acute leukemia is the
most common cancer in children in most countries;
however, in tropical Africa, lymphomas are most common.
• Brain tumors generally
account for one-fifth to one-fourth of childhood
cancers. • The total cost (including
treatment, rehab, days off work, etc.) of cancer
in the USA in 2005: US$209.9 billion.
• The cost of treating
cancer in Canada in 1998: US$14.2 billion.
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