Cancer Incidence Rates

Cancer incidence rates simply indicate the number of people that were diagnosed with a specific type of cancer during a one-year period. These statistics are typically noted in one of two ways:

• By age (for example, the number of men over the age of 65 that developed Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma per 100,000 men)


• By country (for example, the number of people that live in Scotland that were diagnosed with leukemia over a one-year period versus the number that live in Japan)
  
  
  • To me, incidence by country is one of the most interesting cancer statistics to consider – is it a culture's lifestyle, genetics or environmental surroundings that contribute to the development of cancer? Or maybe a combination of all three? This is one of science’s biggest unanswered question about cancer. See what causes cancer for more information on this topic.

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