NEW DELHI, July 26:
With over six lakh people succumbing to cancer and more than ten lakh new cases are reported in the country, the government today said air pollution and unhealthy lifestyles are among the major risk factors for the disease.
It said that around seven percent of all deaths in the country are due to various types of cancers.
“As reported by World Health Organisation (WHO), more than 1 million new cases are reported in India while about 6.8 lakh people die due to cancer in India,” Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
She said that as per WHO-NCD Country Profile 2014, “about seven per cent of all deaths are due to various cancers”. She said that as according to WHO regional office in South East Asia, the region has 14 of the world’s top 20 polluted cities. (PTI)
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