MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Researchers at Harvard and Oxford Universities, as well as Imperial College London and King's College London (UK) used data from the World Bank and World Health Organisation (WHO) to analyze the relation between unemployment, public health care spending and cancer mortality over the past 20 years.
The study, published in The Lancet journal revealed that more than 260,000 additional cancer deaths (as compared to the expected numbers) occurred in countries of the Organisation for Economic Development (OECD) in 2008-2010 and were associated with the recess, as it caused many states to cut public health care spending and led to a rise in unemployment.
Of the additional 260,000 cancer deaths, 160,000 were in the European Union.
The study, which covered a total of over 70 countries, predicts that the number of cancer cases will rise to 22 million in 2030, as compared to 14 million in 2012. A total of 8.2 million cancer deaths were registered in 2012.
