Cancer cases and deaths among men are expected to surge globally by 2050, according to a new study.
In the study, published Monday in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, researchers projected an 84% increase in cancer cases and a 93% increase in cancer deaths among men worldwide between between 2022 and 2050.
The increases were greater among men 65 and older and in countries and territories with a low or medium human development index. The index measures each country’s development in health, knowledge and standard of living, according to the study.
Using data from the Global Cancer Observatory, the study analyzed more than 30 different types of cancers across 185 countries and territories worldwide to make demographic projections.
“We know from previous research in 2020 that cancer death rates around the world are about 43% higher in men than in women,” said CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook. “So this study today looked at, OK, what do we expect over the next 25 years? And it turns out that it translates to about 5 million more deaths per year in men in 2050, compared to today.”
Because people are dying less from other diseases and living longer, right?
If you RTA actually yes, that’s one of their main drivers of the predicted increase of cancer.
checks the microplastics in my brain
yes, that makes sense
And overall population growth and aging population due to lower fertility rates.
From the World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision, published by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs:
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