Table 2.

Deaths avoided by strategy (2010) and cumulative deaths avoided 2005–2020

		Deaths 2010	Deaths Avoided relative to 2005 levels, 2010	Cumulative Deaths Avoided, 2005–2020
Stabilization and continuation of 2005 levels in risk factors, screening, and chemotherapy	Women	23,783	N/A	N/A
	Men	24,965	N/A	N/A
	Total	48,748	N/A	N/A
Strategy
Simultaneous interventions*	Women	21,972	1,811	50,753
	Men	23,190	1,775	50,600
	Total	45,162	3,586	101,353
Risk factors improve	Women	23,623	160	8,364
	Men	24,830	135	10,793
	Total	48,453	295	19,158
Screening rates increase	Women	22,800	983	33,864
	Men	23,874	1,091	31,828
	Total	46,674	2,074	65,692
Chemotherapy use increases	Women	23,196	587	10,205
	Men	24,236	729	11,386
	Total	47,432	1,316	21,591

N/A= not applicable.

^*The simulation of the benefits from the implementation of simultaneous interventions allows for a synergistic effect among strategies that results in a different number of deaths than would be achieved with each strategy implemented individually.