Cancer
1,154,584 new cancer cases and 754,574 deaths in Africa annually. 18 of the 20 countries with the highest cervical cancer burden are in the WHO African Region.
↑ Rising sharply — doubling by 2040
Burden
GLOBOCAN 2022 estimates 1,154,584 new cancer cases and 754,574 deaths in Africa annually. Top five by incidence: breast, cervix uteri, prostate, colorectal, liver. Africa has the world’s highest mortality-to-incidence ratio for cancer.
Cervical Cancer
Approximately 80,200 African women die per year — about 23% of the global total. Eighteen of the 20 highest-burden countries globally are in the WHO African Region. Women living with HIV are 6× more likely to develop cervical cancer.
Breast Cancer
198,300 new cases and 91,300 deaths in 2022; projected to reach 1.118 million cases by 2050.
Gaps
Only 31% of African girls had received even one HPV dose by age 15 in 2022.
“Of the 20 countries with the world’s highest cervical cancer burden, 18 are in the WHO African Region.”GLOBOCAN 2022