According to statistics from the Department of Health, 29.2% of all deaths recorded in 2020 were due to cancer. However, a recent study by the international medical journal “The Lancet” found that nearly 44% of cancers are preventable and published the 7 most common causes of cancer.
The research reportPublished last month, it analyzed statistics on 23 cancers and 34 risk factors in 204 countries from 2010 to 2019. The researchers found that of the approximately 10 million cancer deaths worldwide in 2019, 4.45 million were attributable to known risk factors, accounting for 44.4% of the overall data. This means that over 44% of cancers are actually preventable.
According to the report, the following are the seven most common causes of cancer: smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity (high body mass index), unhealthy diet, unsafe sex, air pollution, and fasting blood sugar.
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The study continued, for men, smoking is the leading cause of cancer, accounting for 33.9% of the overall population; followed by alcohol consumption, unhealthy diet, air pollution and obesity (high body mass index), accounting for approximately 7.4% and 5.9%, respectively. , 4.4%, 4.3%.
For women, smoking is also the leading cause of cancer, accounting for 10.7% of the total population; followed by unsafe sex, unhealthy diet, obesity (high body mass index) and high fasting blood sugar, approximately 8.2%, 5.1%, 4.7%, 3.6%. The study also showed that approximately 50.6% of male patients and 36.3% of female patients who died from cancer in 2019 were related to the aforementioned preventable cancer risk factors.
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Christopher Murray, one of the study’s co-authors and director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington School of Medicine, said smoking has always been considered a leading cause of cancer worldwide, noting that this study will help governments address cancer risk factors and work towards reducing cancer and death.
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26 foods that fight cancer
Maintaining a healthy diet can help prevent cancer.The American Institute for Cancer Research website statesThe following 26 foods can help prevent cancer, including vegetables, fruits, nuts, etc., they may want to eat more: apples, asparagus, blueberries, broccoli and cruciferous vegetables, Brussels sprouts, carrots, cauliflower, cherry seeds , coffee, blueberries, flax seeds, garlic, grapefruit, grapes, cabbage, oranges, beans, red mulberries, soybeans, spinach, pumpkin, strawberries, tea, tomatoes, nuts, whole grains.
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