35 Days Into 2020, Cancer Has Killed Over 781,760 Globally —Worldometers

Just 35 days into the New Year 2020, no less than 781,760 persons have died from cancer.

This was revealed on Tuesday by Worldometers, a live world statistics on population, government and economics, society and media, environment, food, water, energy and health.

Worldometers is run by an international team of developers, researchers, and volunteers with the goal of making world statistics available in a thought-provoking and time-relevant format to a wide audience around the world.

Its owner, Dadax, an independent company, says it has no political, governmental, or corporate affiliation.

Dadax says the data on cancer mortality displayed on Worldometer is based on the latest statistics published by the World Health Organisation.

According to WHO statistics, in 2005 alone, 7.6 million people died of cancer out of the 58 million deaths worldwide; and in 2018, 9.6m people were estimated to have died from cancer globally.

In commemoration of the World Cancer Day today, WHO had stated that, based on projections, cancer deaths will continue to rise, with an estimated 11.4 million dying in 2030.