Vietnam among countries with highest cancer fatality rates globally

Doctors are treating a cancer patient (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – Vietnam has been named among the countries
worldwide with the highest rate of cancer fatalities and new cancer cases,
according to the ().

Statistics
compiled by the International Association for Cryptologic
Research (IACR), last year saw  Vietnam 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.

According
to the IARC, the cancer rate in developed countries remains higher compared to
developing ones.

The
developed countries recording the highest numbers of cancer cases
include Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the United States, Denmark, the
Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, France, and Hungary.

In
relation to Asia, Japan took the lead for the highest cancer rates, followed by
the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and China.

The
top five Southeast Asian nations with the highest rates were Singapore,
Brunei, Laos, Thailand, and the Philippines.

Vietnam ranked
16th in Asia and sixth in Southeast Asia, with a cancer ratio rate of 159.7 for
every 100,000 people./.