Skip to content
Daily News Byte

Daily News Byte

Daily News Byte News Site

Primary Menu
  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
  • DMCA
  • Contact Us
  • About Us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Home
  • UK
  • The WHO finds that poor women in the UK have the sixth highest cancer death rate in Europe | Daily News Byte
  • UK

The WHO finds that poor women in the UK have the sixth highest cancer death rate in Europe | Daily News Byte

bemaaddeepak November 28, 2022
The WHO finds that poor women in the UK have the sixth highest cancer death rate in Europe

 | Daily News Byte

[ad_1]

Britain has the highest cancer death rate in Europe among poor women, a new World Health Organization study has found.

They are more likely to die from the disease than better-off women in the UK and women under poverty in many other European countries.

Women from disadvantaged backgrounds in the UK are particularly at risk of dying from cancer of the lung, liver, bladder and esophagus (foodpipe), according to research by the WHO’s specialist cancer body, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).

Dr. IARC experts led by Salvatore Vaccarella analyzed data from 17 European countries, finding socioeconomic disparities in mortality for 17 different types of cancer between 1990 and 2015.

Of the 17 countries studied, Britain has the sixth worst record for the number of poor women dying from cancer. It has the worst record for esophageal cancer, the fourth worst for lung and liver cancer, and the seventh worst for breast and kidney cancer.

However, the UK has a better record of poor men dying from cancer than their counterparts in 16 other countries. It ranks fifth overall, second for larynx and throat cancer, and third for lung, stomach, and colon cancers.

The researchers believe that the stark gender divide is likely because women in the UK started smoking in greater numbers a few years after men. They pointed to the fact that lung cancer cases have fallen among men overall in Britain, remained stable or increased among women, and increased among women from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The research team, which included experts from Imperial College and University College London, used educational attainment as an indicator of deprivation.

“Among men, the UK shows an intermediate level of educational inequality across all cancers included among European countries.

“However, among women, the UK shows the highest educational inequality in cancer, behind Denmark, the Czech Republic, Poland and Norway,” Vaccarella said.

The study, published Monday in The Lancet Regional Health Europe, based its findings on data collected for adults aged 40 to 79 in 17 countries, including England and Wales. For publication purposes, England and Wales were grouped together.

More poor than wealthy people die of cancer across Europe, it has found.

“Everywhere, low-educated individuals suffer systematically higher mortality for almost all types of cancer, compared to their more highly educated counterparts, with a social gradient of increased risk of death with decreasing education level,” the study concludes.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said women’s health is a key priority and is taking steps to improve cancer diagnosis and outcomes.

Archie Bland and Nemo Omer take you through the top stories and what they mean, every weekday morning for free

Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content funded by outside parties. See our for more information Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply

“We are committed to improving the nation’s health and we have put women’s health at the top of the agenda by publishing a women’s health strategy and appointing the first female health ambassador for England,” a DHSC spokesperson said.

“We are working at pace to improve outcomes for cancer patients across England, including improving referral rates. During August, 92% started cancer treatment within a month of referral.

“We have also opened more than 90 community diagnostic centers so far, which have provided more than two million additional scans, tests and check-ups.”

Overnight, the new Tory chairman of the Commons Health and Social Care Committee has urged the government to clarify whether it intends to bring forward new plans to tackle the backlog of cancer treatments in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Steve Brine, the former health minister, told the Press Association that he doubts the government still wants to bring forward a promised 10-year new cancer strategy to improve early diagnosis, treatment and survival.

[ad_2]

Source link

Continue Reading

Previous: Discounts return to UK homes in latest sign of market turmoil | Daily News Byte
Next: The WHO finds that poor women in the UK have the sixth highest cancer death rate in Europe | Daily News Byte

Related Stories

Apple event 2024: Everything you should know about the Let Loose iPad event on May 7
  • News
  • UK

Apple event 2024: Everything you should know about the Let Loose iPad event on May 7

bemaaddeepak May 6, 2024
H1B visa issues: US government reacts to Indian Americans' allegations that Joe Biden isn't working hard enough to
  • UK

H1B visa issues: US government reacts to Indian Americans’ allegations that Joe Biden isn’t working hard enough to

bemaaddeepak February 29, 2024
netflix
  • UK

Following months of strikes in Hollywood, Netflix has canceled FIVE popular series, leaving fans devastated: “I will never speak to anyone again.”

bemaaddeepak November 21, 2023

Recent Posts

  • Regarding Arvind Kejriwal Contesting His Arrest, Today’s Supreme Court Decision
  • PM Narendra Modi to INDIA coalition: ‘Gain from Yogi Adityanath where to run tractor’
  • BJP’s Madhavi Latha really looks at characters of Muslim ladies, requests that they lift burqa
  • 2 Tracked down Blameworthy In Dissident Narendra Dabholkar Murder Case, Get Life In Jail
  • As three independent MLAs back Congress, the Haryana government loses its majority.

Archives

  • July 2024
  • May 2024
  • April 2024
  • March 2024
  • February 2024
  • January 2024
  • December 2023
  • November 2023
  • October 2023
  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021

Categories

  • Android Games
  • Champions League
  • Ford
  • News
  • Reliance Infrastructure
  • Tata Power
  • UK

Pages

  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
  • DMCA
  • Contact Us
  • About Us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
  • DMCA
  • Contact Us
  • About Us
  • Terms and Conditions

You may have missed

Kejriwal
  • News

Regarding Arvind Kejriwal Contesting His Arrest, Today’s Supreme Court Decision

bemaaddeepak July 12, 2024
modi g
  • News

PM Narendra Modi to INDIA coalition: ‘Gain from Yogi Adityanath where to run tractor’

bemaaddeepak May 17, 2024
madhavi-latha
  • News

BJP’s Madhavi Latha really looks at characters of Muslim ladies, requests that they lift burqa

bemaaddeepak May 13, 2024
2 Tracked down Blameworthy In Dissident Narendra Dabholkar Murder Case, Get Life In Jail
  • News

2 Tracked down Blameworthy In Dissident Narendra Dabholkar Murder Case, Get Life In Jail

bemaaddeepak May 10, 2024
Copyright © All rights reserved. | MoreNews by AF themes.