Causes of death in the EU28 in 2011
1 in 4 deaths caused by cancer in the EU28
Lung cancer main fatal cancer
In
the EU28 in 2011, cancer was the cause of death for 1.281 million
persons, responsible for more than a quarter of all deaths (26.3%). Over
the past ten years, while the total number of deaths slightly decreased
(-0.5%), the number of deaths due to cancer increased by 6.3% (from
1.206 million in 2002 to 1.281 million in 2011), at a slightly higher
pace for females (+6.6%) than for males (+6.0%).
However, the number of
deaths due to cancer remained higher in 2011 among the male population
(718 000 deaths due to cancer) than among the female population (563
000).
In 2011, cancer represented 37.1% of all causes of death for the
EU28 population aged less than 65, while this level was only 23.8% for
the older population (those aged 65 years and over).
Full text available on EUROSTAT website.
