Update: January, 20/2021 - 07:38 |
Doctors are treating a cancer patient. VNA/VNS Photo
HÀ NỘI Việt Nam has been named among the countries worldwide with the highest rate of cancer fatalities and new cancer cases, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Statistics compiled by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR), last year saw Việt Nam climb seven places to rank 92th out of 185 surveyed countries in terms of cancer rates.
This comes following a period when number of cancer patients rose, with figure reaching 165,000 cases in 2018 compared to just 68,000 back in 2000, and 126,000 in 2010.
Most notably, the five most common kinds of cancer typically occur in the lung, liver, stomach, rectum, and breast.
Vietnam position worsens on global cancer map: report
By Nguyen Quy January 17, 2021 | 05:54 pm GMT+7
People drink beer in a restaurant in Hanoi. Photo by Reuters.
Vietnam had the world’s 92nd highest cancer rate out of 185 countries and territories in 2020, up seven places from 2018, a report says.
The cancer rate in Vietnam in 2020 was 159.7 per 100,000, placing it 16th in Asia, according to the biannual ranking released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
In 2018, Vietnam’s cancer rate was ranked 99th out of 185 countries and territories with a rate of 151.4 per 100,000.
Vietnam reported 182,563 new cases of cancer in 2020, with liver cancer being the most common (14.5 percent), followed by lung cancer (14.4 percent), breast cancer in women (11.8 percent), stomach cancer (9.8 percent) and colorectal cancer (9 percent), the report said.
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