Today, on 4 February, is World Cancer day. It is an opportunity to help to raise awareness and educate ourselves about the disease.
If you would like to know more about cancer in the EU, we have put together some links to Eurostat datasets and articles on this topic below.
- Data on death rate due to cancer
To see more detailed statistics by sex, age or type of cancer, please use the drop-down fields displayed at the top of the dataset table to select the categories. - Data on time of last breast examination by X-ray among women (self-reported)
To see more detailed statistics by age, please use the drop-down fields displayed at the top of the dataset table to select the categories. - Data on time of last cervical smear test among women (self-reported)
To see more detailed statistics by age, please use the drop-down fields displayed at the top of the dataset table to select the categories. - Data on time of last colorectal cancer screening (self-reported)
To see more detailed statistics by age or sex, please use the drop-down fields displayed at the top of the dataset table to select the categories.
These data are available in the Eurostat dedicated section on “Health” under the sub-headings “Causes of death / database/ General mortality” and “Health care / database / preventive services”.
If you are not a ‘data-type’ person, but more into reading, please have a look at the following Statistics Explained articles:
- Cancer statistics
- Cancer statistics – specific cancers
- Tobacco consumption statistics
- Healthcare activities statistics - preventive services
An overview of all articles related to “Health” is available here.
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