Europe - cancer mortality in Europe, 2000–2004, and an overview of trends since 1975..

November 30, 2009 - New figures on deaths from cancer in Europe show a steady decline in mortality between the periods 1990-1994 and 2000-2004. Deaths from all cancers in the European Union (EU) between these two periods fell by nine percent in men and eight percent in women, with a large drop among the middle-aged population.

In a study published online in the cancer journal, Annals of Oncology today (Monday 30 November), researchers found that there was an average 185.2 deaths per 100,000 of the population per year in men between 1990-1994 in 27 member states of the EU, but this fell to 168 deaths per 100,000 between 2000-2004. For women, the number of deaths fell from 104.8 to 96.9 per 100,000.

PAPER: Cancer mortality in Europe, 2000–2004, and an overview of trends since 1975
C. La Vecchia, C. Bosetti1, F. Lucchini, P. Bertuccio, E. Negri, P. Boyle and F. Levi, Annals of Oncology Advance Access published online on November 30, 2009, ABSTRACT.. or FULL TEXT..