"Geography" of cancer: where are they sick more often?
For good things, sooner or later,pay off - here you can not argue. Maybe that's why a quarter of the population of civilized and progressive countries suffer from cancer in one form or another? Over the past 25 years, oncology at times increased the number of its present and potential victims. She goes on the planet in seven-league steps: who bypasses the side, and where for a long time lingers - here as someone will be lucky.
"Cancer" statistics of Russia
Percentage of Russians who fall ill every yearailment, is growing rapidly. So, in very far from 1998, more than 440,000 cancer patients became registered in the whole country, and after 15 years, absolutely other horrifying figures were recorded - more than 2.5 million cases of the disease! Statistics argue that the disease "is gaining momentum" on average by 11.3% every 10 years. But these data should not be taken as the most accurate information, since the rate at which the malignant tumor "devours" the country increases exponentially.
Large territorial size of the stategive oncology selective character - the level of morbidity in one region can significantly differ from the level of the neighboring one. In this sad rating the Krasnodar region is leading (per 100,000 people - almost 2500 cases of cancer annually). It is followed by the Moscow and Novgorod regions (2330 and 2320 respectively). The Leningrad Region closes the "troika" (2309 cases of the disease). The smallest incidence rate in the Tver region, the Chechen Republic, Ingushetia and Chukotka (from 450 to 850 cases per 100 000 population).
For cities, the density of cancer patients is alsodifferent. For example, residents of a large industrial city of Norilsk (Krasnoyarsk Territory) claim that they live in the dirtiest place on earth. And they are partly right: the townspeople live on average 10 years less than residents of cities of other Russian regions, and the rates of people dying from oncology and cardiovascular diseases of people are unusually high. Although the state of the environment on the eve of the environmental disaster, it explains why Norilsk often suffer from cancer.
Why people started to get cancer more often
Scientists call many factors that to some extent provoke a surge in the oncological epidemic in the modern world. Here are the most significant of them:
Bad ecology of large cities.
Stress.
Food with the addition of synthetic dyes.
Genetically modified foods.
Electromagnetic radiation.
Smoking.
UV irradiation.
Where and what type of cancer are more often affected
To understand why people often get cancerone or another kind, one must take into account that the spread of oncology in different countries is based on cultural and climatic conditions, food traditions, soil composition, water, air and many other factors.
The highest percentage of patients and deaths froma terrible disease in Hungary (313 deaths per 100,000 each year), and the lowest - in Asia and West Africa. If we consider certain types of disease in the context of different countries, the picture is as follows.
Lungs' cancer
The scourge of large industrial countries. The disease "prefers" black people in the US, as well as Germans, Britons and New Zealanders. But in Mali, Puerto Rico and India, it is extremely rare.
Pancreas cancer
This is the problem of excessive eatingproteins of animal origin and meat. The most frequently affected people in Denmark, New Zealand, America and Canada. In the daily diet of a New Zealander, for comparison, more than 200 grams of fatty meat products, while for Japanese and Italians this figure is below 70 g.
Stomach cancer
The first place is occupied by East Asia. A very common disease in Japan and China, where about 40% of all malignant tumors. Russia is not inferior in the number of patients. This is due to the food preferences of these countries: a lot of starch, few animal proteins, milk, natural fiber.
Cervical cancer
Between the disease and sexual life there isdirect connection: the formation of a tumor in the body is "triggered" by a human papillomavirus (HPV), transmitted sexually. In female residents of Japan, India and Brazil, about 80% of gynecological problems are associated with this kind of oncology.
Liver cancer
85% of all cases are recorded on the territorydeveloping countries. The inhabitants of South-East Asia and Central Africa are most often affected. Science has proven that the source of the disease is aflatoxin, a poison that penetrates the body with infected cereals and nuts.
Prostate cancer
In the USA more often this kind of oncology occursonly a cancerous tumor of the lung. But the inhabitants of Japan and China almost do not face such a problem. But that's interesting: when men of these countries move to another state, the incidence rate increases among them. Probably, the reason is the change in living conditions and habits.
Mammary cancer
The risk of the disease is increased late labor. If a woman gave birth to the first child not in 20, but after 33 years, then her "chances" of getting sick with this particular form of pathology increase exactly 3 times. Oncological diseases of the breast are quite rare for women in Central Asia, the Middle East, China and Japan - there it is customary to give birth early. A large number of cases among women in the UK.
Cancer of the bladder
The main problem of smokers of industrially developed countries. According to the number of cases, the USA, Italy, Canada and England are leading.
Testicular cancer
Quite a rare disease. Mostly affects the men of Norway, Denmark and Switzerland, and in Asia and Africa almost nothing is known about him.
The active increase in the incidence of cancer has long beensocial problem. How much more time must pass before scientists finally find a weapon against a terrible epidemic? Perhaps, for now it is necessary to rely only on own forces: to minimize to the minimum all factors which can become the reason of formation of malignant cells. Take care of yourself!
