Day 25 A Month of Teal: OC Around The World

Women are at risk for ovarian cancer around the world.

Ovarian Cancer is the 7th most common cancer worldwide.

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There were 239,000 new cases of ovarian cancer worldwide in 2012.

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The rate of ovarian cancer was 2 times higher in Central and Eastern Europe than in Eastern Asia.

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The highest incidence of ovarian cancer was in Europe and Northern America; 

and the lowest incidence in Africa and Asia 

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About 58% of ovarian cancer cases occurred in less developed countries.

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The highest death rates from ovarian cancer were found in 

Lithuania, Ireland, Latvia, Poland and Norway

Sources:

http://www.wcrf.org/int/cancer-facts-figures/data-specific-cancers/ovarian-cancer-statistics

https://academic.oup.com/annonc/article/27/11/2017/2467050/Global-trends-and-predictions-in-ovarian-cancer

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Female Cancers World Wide

Thank you Annie Ellis for sharing this image.
Additional worldwide data for cancer may be found at the WHO website:  http://globocan.iarc.fr/Pages/online.aspx       

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Ovarian Cancer Facts for NJ

Today I made a presentation about ovarian cancer to the members of the Hunterdon Mercer Chronic Disease Coalition. I thought I would share some facts with my readers.

In 2011 there were 699 cases of Ovarian Cancer diagnosed in NJ.

•  Hunterdon County  7 
•  Mercer County 28

In 2011 in NJ there were 483 deaths due to Ovarian Cancer

• Hunterdon County 6 
• Mercer County 21

I found the information on the NJ Cancer Registry site at www.cancer-rates.info/nj/index.php   

Information about how to use the site can be found here. It is a three frame window and takes some time to load. 

A link to a report of Cancer Incidence & Mortality in New Jersey, 2007-2011 can be found at 

http://www.state.nj.us/health/ces/documents/report07-11.pdf

I appreciate the opportunity to present the information for all the Coalition members. 




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