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06/02/2013
NI Cancer Rates On The Rise
Cases of cancer are on the rise in Northern Ireland, with over 8,300 new cases diagnosed on average each year between 2007 and 2011.
The latest statistics on cancer in Northern Ireland have been released by Queen’s University, Belfast.
The figures are up almost a third from an average of 6,300 cases per year between 1993 and 1997.
Dr Anna Gavin, Director of Queen's Northern Ireland Cancer Registry, said an ageing population is the main reason for the increase.
She said: "In another study just last week we revealed that only 11% of those surveyed in Northern Ireland were aware that cancer risk is generally much higher among older people. We all need to do what we can to raise awareness of this increased risk by talking to our older friends and family members and encouraging them to go to their GPs when they first become notice anything out of the ordinary."
But Dr Gavin also revealed that five-year survival rates have improved by almost ten per cent.
"Between 2002 and 2006 51% of patients diagnosed survived five years or more, compared with 41.6% of patients diagnosed between 1993-1996."
Cancer levels vary according to social groups, the research has revealed.
Lung cancer rates were almost three times higher in deprived areas – 80 out of 100,000, as opposed to 30 out of 100,000 in non-deprived areas.
Dr Gavin said: "Lung cancer is a preventable disease if tobacco use was reduced. The release has shown a fall in numbers among men but not among women.
"If the lung cancer incidence rates of the most deprived areas were the same as in the least deprived, there would be 180 fewer cases of lung cancer in women and 220 fewer cases in men diagnosed each year."
(IT/GK)
The latest statistics on cancer in Northern Ireland have been released by Queen’s University, Belfast.
The figures are up almost a third from an average of 6,300 cases per year between 1993 and 1997.
Dr Anna Gavin, Director of Queen's Northern Ireland Cancer Registry, said an ageing population is the main reason for the increase.
She said: "In another study just last week we revealed that only 11% of those surveyed in Northern Ireland were aware that cancer risk is generally much higher among older people. We all need to do what we can to raise awareness of this increased risk by talking to our older friends and family members and encouraging them to go to their GPs when they first become notice anything out of the ordinary."
But Dr Gavin also revealed that five-year survival rates have improved by almost ten per cent.
"Between 2002 and 2006 51% of patients diagnosed survived five years or more, compared with 41.6% of patients diagnosed between 1993-1996."
Cancer levels vary according to social groups, the research has revealed.
Lung cancer rates were almost three times higher in deprived areas – 80 out of 100,000, as opposed to 30 out of 100,000 in non-deprived areas.
Dr Gavin said: "Lung cancer is a preventable disease if tobacco use was reduced. The release has shown a fall in numbers among men but not among women.
"If the lung cancer incidence rates of the most deprived areas were the same as in the least deprived, there would be 180 fewer cases of lung cancer in women and 220 fewer cases in men diagnosed each year."
(IT/GK)
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