Global Burden Of Disease Cervical Cancer - 1011 Words

Anthony Sleiman Dr. Baker and Dr. Story International Health 3 November 2016 Global Burden of Disease – Cervical Cancer On a global scale, cancer is now responsible for double the amount of annual deaths than malaria, tuberculosis, and AIDS combined, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC, 2016). With cancer rates now increasing rapidly in developing countries, the World Health Organization has predicted that the amount of cancer deaths worldwide will increase by 80% by 2030 (WHO, 2012). Most of these new cases will emerge in the developing regions of the world, regions that lack efficient healthcare access and proper screening procedures to catch the disease early on. Cervical cancer is one of the most prevalent cancer types among humans today, ranking as the 7th most prevalent cancer overall, and 4th most prevalent among women. Furthermore, almost 9 out of 10 (87%) of cancer deaths occur in developing regions of the world (Globocan, 2012). 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