In less than 40 days into 2024, cancer has killed no fewer than 778,625 people globally.
This was revealed by Worldometer, a live world statistics on population, government and economics, society and media, environment, food, water, energy, and health.
The data on cancer mortality displayed on Worldometer is based on the recent statistics published by the World Health Organization (WHO).
It said: “In 2005, 7.6 million people died of cancer out of 58 million deaths worldwide.”
Worldometer is overseen by an international team of developers, researchers, and volunteers to make world statistics available to a wide audience around the globe.
According to its owner, Dadax, an independent company, it has no political, governmental, or corporate affiliation.
Dadax revealed that the data on cancer mortality published by Worldometer is based on the latest statistics published by the World Health Organization.
According to the World Health Organization, cancer is the second leading cause of death globally and it accounts for an estimated 9.6 million deaths, or one in six deaths, in 2018.
Recently, the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer said the number of new cancer cases will increase to 35 million in 2050.
In Africa, around 882,882 new cancer cases happened in the WHO African Region with around 573,653 deaths in 2022.
WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, said if urgent steps are not taken, cancer mortality in Africa is projected to get to about one million deaths per year by 2030.
