Ratio of mortality to incidence in a specific year by cancer type and country income

  Case fatality (calculated by approximation from the ratio of mortality to incidence in a specific year) is much lower in high-income countries than in low-income countries for cancers that are treatable, such as childhood leukaemia (0·26 vs 0·78) and testicular cancer (0·05 vs 0·47), treatable if detected early, such as breast cancer (0·24 vs 0·48), or preventable, such as cervical cancer (0·37 vs 0·63). Estimates are based on International Agency for Research on Cancer GLOBOCAN data for 2002 and 2008 (http://globocan.iarc.fr).3,6