BRUSSELS, Oct. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- About 30 percent of all deaths in the Netherlands in 2005 are related to cancer, according to a report published on Tuesday.
About 38,500 died of cancer this year, making the disease the second biggest killer in the country, only after heart and vascular disease which accounted for 40 percent of all fatalities, Dutch news agency ANP reported.
The report was published by the Dutch cancer register, Nederlandse Kankerregistratie, which has been collecting data from cancer centers across the country over the past 15 years.
On average four out of 10 men and 3.5 out of 10 women contract cancer during their lifetime in the Netherlands, the institution said in the report.
The number of new cancer cases is rising on average by 1,000 cases a year, mainly due to the growth of an elderly population, it said.
As a result, the number of new cancer cases reported every yearincreased by a third over the past 15 years, from 56,000 in 1989 to 74,500 in 2005.
Date showed that the chance of women contracting cancer is rising while the risk for men has decreased in recent years.
Some forms of cancer are becoming increasingly prevalent, including breast cancer, esophageal cancer, skin cancer and prostate cancer.
For instance, the number of men with prostate cancer has doubled since 1989 to 7,900 in 2003, the report said. Enditem
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