Summary:
The World Health Organization's 2014
Cancer Evaluation has shown the unfortunate numbers when it comes to cancer. The
evaluation stated that 14 million new cancer cases were reported around the
world in the year 2012, and the rate is expected to rise to 22 million cases a
year within 20 years. The amount of deaths caused by cancer is also expected to
rise from 8.2 million a year to 13 million a year. These numbers are somewhat
depressing, and remind people that we do not have much control over a very
common disease. Countries that are being hit the hardest are lower and middle
class people in developing countries. Africa, Asia, and Central and South
America are the top countries that account for more than 60 percent of the
world's cancer cases and around 70 percent of the world's cancer deaths.
Analysis:
Poorer industrialized countries are
more prone to certain kinds of cancer because of certain unsafe environments
they contain. They have a wider range of cancers that they are more prone to
because of their aging populations and higher rates of infection-related
cancers. They also lack the means to do scanning and preventative care. They
lack treatment and early detection in countries like Africa, Asia, and South
and Central America. There are two types of cancers that are especially
prevalent and dangerous for poorer countries. First there are cancers triggered
by infections, like cervical cancer, that often go undetected due to lack of
screening, and there are an increasing number of cancers linked with smoking,
drinking, eating processed foods and not exercising enough. Poorer countries do
not always have the means to live healthy life styles as people in North
America do, and these unhealthy life styles lead to higher risks of cancer and
no proper means to treat them.
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