European cancer mortality predictions for the year 2024 with focus on colorectal cancer
University of Milan · University of Parma · +5 more institutions
Abstract
•We estimate a decline of 6.5% among men and 4.3% among women in the EU total cancer mortality rates between 2018 and 2024.•Almost 6.2 million avoided cancer deaths are predicted over 1989-2024 in the EU and 1.3 million in the UK.•Overall, the EU CRC mortality declines for both sexes for all age groups.•Increases in CRC mortality are predicted for young adults in Italy, the UK, Poland, and Spain for men, and Germany for women.•In the EU, some increases in mortality from lung cancer are predicted in females and from pancreatic cancer in both sexes. BackgroundWe predicted cancer mortality figures for 2024 for the European Union (EU), its five most populous countries, and the UK. We focused on mortality from…
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8Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Colorectal cancer
- Cancer
- Demography
- Mortality rate
- Population
- Lung cancer
- Gerontology
- Good health and well-being