The areas with greater risk of mortality in those men by cancer of pulomon is located in Extremadura, Andalusia Western (Huelva, Seville and Cadiz).
Approximately 30% of the deaths are due to five behavioural risk factors and diet: high body mass index, lack of physical activity, low fruit and vegetable intake, consumption of tobacco and alcohol consumption.
The "day world against the Cancer" is leads to out annually the 4 of February. The cancer is an of the main causes of mortality in all the world. The World Health Organization estimates that 40% of cancers could be avoided not consuming tobacco, exercising regularly and with a healthy diet. Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of cancer in the world.
The last report world of the Cancer of the world of Health Organization (WHO) reports that 8.2 million new cases were recorded in 2012 and estimates that this figure will rise to 22 billion annually over the next two decades.
To promote measures intended to reduce the load world of this disease, the WHO, the Center International of research on the Cancer (IARC) and the Union international against the Cancer (UICC) observed the 4 of February of each year as the day world against the Cancer.
· Data and figures
- Those cancers more mortiferos are those of lung, stomach, liver, colon and breast.
- The most frequent types of cancer are different in men and women.
- Approximately 30% of the deaths are due to five behavioural risk factors and diet: high body mass index, lack of physical activity, low fruit and vegetable intake, consumption of tobacco and alcohol consumption.
- Smoking is the most important risk factor and the cause of the 22% of global cancer deaths and 71% for lung cancer.
- Cancers caused by infections by viruses, like the hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV), or human papillomavirus (HPV), are responsible for up to 20% of the deaths in low-income countries and media.
- Approximately a 70% of the deaths registered in 2008 is produced in countries of income low and media.
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