Cancer In India: Cancer cases are increasing continuously in the country. The data presented by the Central Government itself in the House shows that the number of cancer patients has increased a lot in the last three years. Let us tell you that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has presented the answer in the House in response to unstarred question number 912.
Let us tell you that this question was raised by TDP MP Dr. Byreddy Shabari, who is part of the NDA alliance. She had asked whether the level of cancer is increasing in the country, if it is increasing then what are its details. Apart from this, she had also asked questions about hospitals providing cancer treatment, biopsy procedure and cancer treatment.
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The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has given this answer to the question of the JDP MP. According to which, the figures of how many cases have increased every year have been shared. These figures are from the year 2022 to the year 2024.
According to these figures, 14,61,427 new cases were reported in India in the year 2022, 14,96,972 new cases were reported in 2023, while in the current year i.e. 2024, 15,33,055 cases have been reported so far. The government has given these figures according to the Council of Medical Research National Cancer Registry Program.
What do WHO figures say?
According to the data of the World Health Organization, 9.1 lakh people died of cancer in India in the year 2022. The organization also warned that by the year 2050, cancer cases will increase by 77 percent all over the world. According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the organization’s cancer research agency, changing lifestyle and changing environment are the biggest reasons for the increase in cancer cases.
Apart from this, tobacco, alcohol, being overweight and air pollution are also causing cancer. According to this agency, cancer of mouth, lips and lungs is increasing the most in men. Breast cancer and cervical cancer are increasing very rapidly in women.
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