WHO: 9.6 Million Cancer Deaths, 18 Million New Cases this Year

Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Cancer will kill an estimated 9.6 million people in the world this year and 18.1 million new cases will be diagnosed, according to the World Health Organization's cancer research agency.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer, which announced its findings Wednesday, said the number of new cases, the prevalence after five years and the number of deaths was due to several factors that include social and economic development and growing and aging populations. Also, cancers are shifting from poverty and infections toward ones linked to lifestyles and diets.

 The survey is based on data from 185 countries and 36 types of cancer.

In 2012, when the last survey was published, there were an estimated 14.1 million cases and 8.2 million deaths.

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