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Even in pretty terrible healthcare systems, I would expect that close to 99% of people dying from cancer will actually be diagnosed with cancer, even if done to
by dauertewigkeit 2y ago
Even in pretty terrible healthcare systems, I would expect that close to 99% of people dying from cancer will actually be diagnosed with cancer, even if done too late.
- rich_sasha 2y agoPerhaps in poor healthcare locales the death certificate just says "dead". Some people might not see a doctor at any stage of the disease.
- cannonpr 2y agoYou might be able to claim that for some countries, but all European data should be reliable, all countries have reasonably good cause of death recording.
- rich_sasha 2y agoI'm not sure any European healthcare system rates as terrible, compared to the global average.
- defrost 2y agoThe lowest rates are in central Africa, places where Cold War uranium was sourced from mines worked by humans with no real protection, etc. Are the low rates due to healthy living, poor diagnostics, or dying of [other] before the cancer scores a mortality?
- Aachen 2y agoThe poorest countries are likely exception cases; compare middle- and high-income countries and there are still odd differences to be observed
- defrost 2y agoSure - I absolutely agree, Europe, Australia, Canada, the US et al all have excellent medical systems wrt those countries termed "the Global South".
- roenxi 2y agoThis data doesn't seem to have much to do with deaths though, unless there is something on the page I'm missing?