Prostate Cancer Statistics
In this video, Hans Rosling briefly reviews the risk of getting diagnosed with, and the risk of dying from, prostate cancer in the world. The data is compiled by IARC ( International Agency for research on Cancer) in Lyon, France. The most striking is the high rate of diagnosis per 100 000 men in USA and some countries in West Europe. In contrast, Japan has a very low rate and the most probable explanation is a genetic predisposition in men of European origin. The data is displayed in bubbles for each country and the color of the bubbles refers to the continent where each country is situated.
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A bit surprised diet wasn’t mentioned. Overall Asia, Japan for instance, have a very different diet from USA and Sweden. When I visited Japan and Thailand, they didn’t eat bread or cheese. Not burgers and fries. A lot healthier food…
USA probably have the worst diet in the world?
I work in healthcare in Canada, we often have a lot of difficulty collecting healthcare statistics because there is not standardized reporting. I am hoping that with more electronically based records there will be increasing amounts of standardized comparable data, and eventually similar information that can be shared globally.
What about diet? Phytosterols are high in soy. Research needs to be done on that.
Bad: Dairy products, red meat, saturated fat in general
Good: Soy, vegetables, fruit
Look at the typical American diet and you’ll see a major cause of prostate cancer.