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Lifestyles and cancer section 1
• A 25% relative reduction in the prevalence of raised blood pressure or contain the prevalence
of raised blood pressure according to national circumstances.
• Halt the rise in diabetes and obesity.
CANCER IN EUROPE
The four main killers
• Each year in the European Union 2.6 million people develop cancer and 700,000 die of this disease.
• In 2012 in the European Union 1.4 million men and 1.2 million women developed cancer.
• Breast, prostate, colorectal and lung cancer accounted for 50% of cancer incidence.
New cases per year
Breast cancer Prostate cancer Colorectal cancer Lung cancer
365,000 360,000 342,000 310,000
Number of deaths per year
Lung cancer Colorectal cancer Breast cancer Prostate cancer
250,000 150,000 91,000 71,000
The most common cancers in Europe
There are striking regional variations in the overall cancer incidence rates, especially between
Eastern and Central-Western Europe, with almost a two-fold range in age-adjusted
incidence. A substantial proportion of the cancer burden in Europe may be attributed
to environmental causes, comprising dietary, social and cultural practices (Figure 1).
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