'70% Indians in 30-69 age group fell prey to cancer in 2010'

Source: expressindia.com - 

New Delhi Over 70 per cent of people in the age group of 30-69 have fallen prey to cancer in India in 2010, with tobacco-related and cervical cancers being the leading cause of deaths, according to a new study.

According to the study published in 'The Lancet' today, here were 556,400 cancer deaths across India in 2010, of which 71 per cent (3,95,000) deaths occurred in people aged between 30-69 years (2,00,100 men and 1,95,300 women).

At nearly 23 per cent, oral cancer caused the most deaths in men, followed by stomach cancer (12.6 per cent) and lung cancer (11.4 per cent), while cervical cancer was the leading cause (17 per cent) of death in women followed by breast cancer (10.2 per cent).

The authors, who analysed over 1,22,400 deaths in 6,671 small areas over a period of three years, found that 42 per cent male and 18·3 per cent female died due to tobacco-related cancers in 2010.

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