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. 2022 May 6;37(4):309–320. doi: 10.1007/s10654-022-00867-4

Table 2.

Numbers of cancer deaths in 2017 by age group and sex in Europe and in the European Union according to Eurostat [24]

Age Men Women Total
Europe
50–54 26,677 23,432 58,006
55–59 58,103 40,518 95,977
60–64 88,045 55,865 143,006
65–69 115,234 72,338 186,114
70–74 118,721 77,664 201,641
75–79 132,024 93,660 223,778
80–84 121,166 97,664 218,687
85–89 85,163 83,154 169,457
90–94 34,177 45,080 80,262
 ≥ 95 6,720 12,499 21,061
Sum 791,543 605,299 1,397,989
European Union (excluding United Kingdom)
50–54 24,007 20,514 45,547
55–59 46,329 32,252 78,581
60–64 69,990 44,758 114,748
65–69 91,351 57,168 148,519
70–74 93,904 60,802 154,706
75–79 106,756 75,058 181,814
80–84 97,488 79,403 176,891
85–89 69,110 68,238 137,348
90–94 27,022 37,229 64,251
 ≥ 95 5,191 10,079 15,270
Sum 631,889 485,786 1,117,675

Data available from: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database → Database by themes → Population and social conditions → Health (hlth) → Causes of death (hlth_cdeath) → General mortality (hlth_cd_gmor) → Causes of death—deaths by country of residence and occurrence (hlth_cd_aro)