This is the State with Most Cancer Patients

Cancer is one of the deadly disease. This disease can affect any race and any age. World Health Organization announced a single country has recorded the highest number of cancer patients.

Not China, India or the U.S. which was ranked most cancer patients. But the Danish state has recorded the highest number of cancer patients.

In addition to unhealthy means, on the other side of this ranking shows that Denmark has the advantage in technology to detect cancer.

Recent research conducted by World Health Organization WHO World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) places Denmark as the country with most cancer sufferers. At least 326 of the 100,000 people in the country suffering from cancer.

Quoted from the Telegraph, Tuesday (25/01/2011), the high number of cancer patients in Denmark are believed to relate to lifestyle factors that are not healthy. Among them is like smoking, drinking alcohol and lack of exercise.

In countries including the Scandinavian region, the number of women who smoke, including higher than most other countries. In addition, alcohol drinking habits that are very entrenched in this country also mentioned very influential.

On the other hand, the high number of cancer patients can also be seen as progress in medical technology because it shows the number of cancers that can be detected. In some developing countries, cancer patients seemed a bit just because it is not detected.

This study also linked the average income per capita population of a country with the number of people with cancer. In addition to Denmark, other countries that entered the top 20 of the developed countries whose population average high-income, including the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

"The number of cases also pretty much unavoidable in the UK and the developed countries of Europe laindi. Even so, a third of that amount could be prevented with lifestyle changes, namely a lot of sports and implementing a healthy diet," says Martin Wiseman, one of indecent researchers from WCRF.


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