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. 2015 Nov 20;37(1):2–9. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgv166

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Figure 1. — The five most common cancers in 2012 according to levels of the Human Development Index (HDI) across the 184 countries included in GLOBOCAN. HDI is a composite measure of life expectancy, educational attainment, and command over the resources needed for a decent living (UNDP, 2013) and is used in this study to examine the cancer profiles according to four levels of societal development: low HDI (HDI < 0.53); medium HDI (0.53 ≤ HDI < 0.71); high HDI (0.71 ≤ HDI < 0.80) and very high HDI (HDI ≥ 0.80). [United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Human Development Report 2013. The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World (2013). New York: UNDP.]