Trivia: Cancer Facts 4

According to the 2006 Cancer Atlas, in 2002, worldwide there were some 24.6 million cancer survivors who had been diagnosed within the past five years. The number of five-year cancer survivors per 1,000 people:

Americas

• Brazil 3.4

• Canada 14.0

• Mexico 1.8

• United States 16.5

Africa

• Ethiopia 1.6

• South Africa 2.1

• Sudan 1.1

Asia

• China 2.4

• India 1.7

• Japan 12.2

Europe

• France 13.8

• Italy 13.9

• Russian Federation 5.8

• UK 11.2

Middle East

• Iran 1.4

• Iraq 1.5

• Saudi Arabia 1.6

Oceania

• Australia 12.7

• New Zealand 13.1

For other countries' numbers, see the Cancer Atlas.

See the previous installment, Cancer Facts 3.

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