According to the data, the number of individuals who died from a tumor in Italy decreased constantly between 2006 and 2021. Indeed, the rate of deaths due to cancer among Italians dropped from **** deaths per 10,000 inhabitants in 2006 to **** in 2021. Moreover, in Italy, the cancer mortality rates among women and men are lower than the ones observed in the European Union.
Women’s cancer
Breast cancer is the most common and deadliest type of cancer among women in Italy. As a matter of fact, around *** thousand women in Italy were living with a diagnosis of breast cancer in 2023, and over **** thousand died from it in 2022. Colorectal and lung cancer follow in the list of the most frequently diagnosed cancers among females in Italy.
Men’s cancer
The most frequently diagnosed cancer among males in Italy is prostate cancer. Lung cancer, which is also the deadliest type of cancer for men, follows. As of 2023, the number of men living with a diagnosis of prostate cancer in Italy amounted to *** thousand, while the number of new cases of prostate cancer during that year was estimated at **** thousand.
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