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A recent study has brought attention to a shocking discovery, revealing a massive 79 per cent rise in newly diagnosed cancer cases among people under the age of 50 worldwide over the last thirty years.
In 1990, there were 1.82 million cases of early-onset cancer diagnoses, which has increased to 3.26 million cases in 2019, representing a significant increase. Furthermore, individuals in their 40s, 30s, or younger have experienced a 27% increase in cancer-related deaths.
The figures revealed in the research show that there has been a 79.1 per cent increase in new cancer cases in people under the age of 50 globally during the last three decades, which clearly indicates that cancer is targeting not only ageing people but also the youth and children.
Significantly, where in 1990, there were 18.2 lakh new cases of cancer among people below the age of 50 years, in 2019, this figure has increased to 32.6 lakh, with an increase of 79.1 per cent. Not only this, the results of this research published in the British Medical Journal Oncology have shown that during this period there has been an increase of 27.7 per cent in cancer deaths among people under the age of 50. In 2019, cancer took 10.6 lakh lives under the age of 50.
Highest number of early cases of breast cancer
Research has shown that the highest number of early cases of breast cancer occurred in 2019. The rate of whom was recorded at 13.7 per lakh people. Similarly, the death rate from them was also 3.5 per lakh people.
However, the incidence of tracheal and prostate cancer has increased rapidly since the 1990s. Every year, there has been a recorded increase of 2.28 per cent in cases of cancer of the trachea during this period.. At the same time, issues of prostate cancer are also increasing by 2.23 percent year on year.
Liver cancer cases have declined the most among people aged 14 to 49 years, with a decline of 2.88 percent per year. In 2019, breast, lung, trachea, bowel and stomach cancers were the leading cancers causing the most deaths and serious health harms in adults.
According to research, after breast cancer, most deaths were due to trachea, lung, stomach and intestine cancer, in which the deaths of people suffering from kidney or ovarian cancer have increased the most.
In this study, researchers have used information received from Global Burden of Disease 2019. They have collected data related to 29 types of cancer in 204 countries. This helped them examine the risk factors for increased cancer risk in people aged 14 to 49, to understand how the situation has changed since 1990.
High cancer rates among young people
The data showed that cancer rates were highest among young people and people under the age of 50 in affluent regions such as North America, Australia and Western Europe. People under 50 in Oceania, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia had the highest rates of cancer death, although low- and middle-income countries were also affected, as per the results.
In low- to middle-income countries, this cancer is affecting women far more than men. The impact of cancer on women was greater than that of men in terms of both deaths and health problems.
Bad diet, increasing weight, alcohol, smoking increase risk
Research has held factors like non-nutritious diet, alcohol, tobacco, increasing weight and decrease in physical activities responsible for these increasing cases of cancer.
According to the World Health Organization, cancer is responsible for every sixth death in the world. Who had snatched more than one crore lives in 2020. Not only this, about 400,000 children get cancer every year.
It has been revealed that in 2020, 18 lakh people died due to lung cancer. Colon and rectum cancer were responsible for 9.16 lakh deaths, liver cancer 8.3 lakh, stomach cancer 7.69 lakh and breast cancer 685,000.
According to WHO, the most common cancers are breast, lung, colon, rectum and prostate. The health agency has also attributed about one-third of cancer deaths to factors such as smoking, tobacco use, increased weight, alcohol, not eating enough fruits and vegetables, and lack of physical activity.
Researchers believe genetics and lifestyle, including consumption of red meat, salt, alcohol, smoking, inadequate intake of dairy, fruits, and vegetables, as well as decreased physical activity, weight gain, and high blood sugar, can cause cancer in individuals under 50.
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