JAMA Oncology: The number of global cancer deaths rises to 10 million in 2019

According to a new scientific research conducted by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington School of Medicine, the number of global cancer deaths rose to 10 million in 2019, and the number of new cases jumped to more than 23 million

In 2010, the total number of cancer deaths worldwide was 8.

This paper was published in JAMA Oncology on December 30, 2021, and is part of the 2019 Global Disease, Injury, and Risk Factor Study (GBD 2019)

Researchers estimated the cancer burden and trends in 204 countries and regions around the world

In the total cancer burden, the five main causes of cancer-related disability adjusted life years are trachea, bronchus and lung cancer (TBL), colon and rectal cancer, stomach cancer, breast cancer, and liver cancer

Although from 2010 to 2019, the absolute burden of cancer increased in both mortality and new cases, the global age-standardized mortality and morbidity decreased by 5.

A small global decline is promising, but researchers warn that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cancer treatment and outcomes may be regressed

The author also analyzed the burden of cancer based on the Social Demographic Index (SDI), which is an indicator that comprehensively measures the per capita income, average years of education, and total fertility rate of people under the age of 25

Although the global age-standardized mortality and morbidity trends are encouraging, they found that the decline appears to be driven by regions with higher SDI

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Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019

A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

JAMA Oncol.