1 in 10 Indians will develop cancer during their lifetime, and 1 in 15 Indians will die of cancer as per the World Cancer Report released by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Cancer incidence rates differ noticeably within India. In the north-eastern state of Mizoram, 1 in every 5 men and women will develop cancer during their lifetime, compared with 1 in 22 men and 1 in 18 women in the Barshi region (Maharashtra).
There were an estimated 11.6 lakh new cancer cases in India in 2018 and 7.8 lakh cancer deaths. Five-year prevalent cases in India's population of 135 crore were 22.6 lakh.
Six most common cancer types accounted for 49% of all new cancer cases in 2018. These are breast cancer (162,500 cases), oral cancer (120,000 cases), cervical cancer (97,000 cases), lung cancer (68,000 cases), stomach cancer (57,000 cases), and colorectal cancer (57,000).
Tobacco-related cancers account for 34-69% of all cancers in men. It constitutes 10-27% of all cancers in women in most regions in India. The report also mentions that between 2000 and 2012, the prevalence of any form of tobacco use decreased in the richest households (from 43.8% to 36.8%) and increased in the poorest households (from 61.5% to 62.7%)
The report also mentions that between 2000 and 2012, the prevalence of any form of tobacco use decreased in the richest households (from 43.8% to 36.8%) and increased in the poorest households (from 61.5% to 62.7%).
Of the 5,70,000 new cancer cases in men in 2018, oral cancer (92,000), lung cancer (49,000), stomach cancer (39,000), colorectal cancer (37,000), and oesophageal cancer (34,000) account for 45% of the cases.
Of the 5,87,000 new cancer cases among Indian women in 2018, breast cancer (1,62,500), cervical cancer (97,000), ovarian cancer (36,000), oral cancer (28,000), and colorectal cancer (20,000) account for 60% of the cases.
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