Breast Cancer Statistics In Malaysia 2018

Ho mei kei public relation officer strategic communication and international division department of statistics malaysia.

Breast cancer statistics in malaysia 2018. Breast cancer is common in women and only 1 of males getting this cancer. This means that approximately 1 in 20 women in the country. According to the mncr between 2007 and 2011 cancer incidences in malaysia involving males number 86 9 cases per 100 000 people compared to 99 3 cases involving females. Nearly 3 500 breast cancer cases are detected every year.

Increasing population and longer life spans contributes to rise of cancer. It is estimated that one in four malaysians 1 4 will develop cancer by 75 years old. Department of statistics malaysia. Breast cancer is a major cancer among women in malaysia and followed by cervical cancer.

More than 2 600 cancer delegates from 120 countries attended the congress. Data from the national cancer registry of malaysia for 2004 provide an age standardised incidence rate asr of 46 2 per 100 000 women. About 1 in 20 women are at risk for breast cancer. The percentage of breast cancer patients is 31 compared to other cancers.

Ncsm successfully hosted the world cancer congress wcc in kuala lumpur from 1 to 4 october 2018 at the kuala lumpur convention centre. 31 october 2018 contact person. Globocan 2018 summary statistic 2018 males females both sexes population 16 526 726 15 515 729 32 042 455 number of new cancer cases 20 619 23 218 43 837 age standardized incidence rate world 134 2 147 2 139 9 risk of developing cancer before the age of 75 years 14 2 14 8 14 5 number of cancer deaths 13 937 12 458 26 395.